Mobile agents on the digital battlefield

Abstract

The Domain Adaptive Information System (DAIS) is a mobile intelligent agent system for information discovery and dissemination in a military intelligence network. DAIS is used reliably over low bandwidth military radio networks to facilitate Counter Intelligence/Human Intelligence (CI/HUMINT) operations. DAIS tested and validated two hypotheses: that agent technology could improve the efficiency of military tactical operations; and that mobile agents would outperform static agents in the unreliable, low bandwidth networks used in military operations. DAIS increased by two orders of magnitude military intelligence analysts' access to distributed information. This paper presents the design of the system, the experiments, and the results, as well as the future directions of DAIS.