RU2615805C2 - Complex of means for battle management system automation - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: weapons and ammunition.

SUBSTANCE: invention refers to the military machinery, particularly, to the battle management system, and may be used for automated control of firepower, maneuvering, and defense of armored vehicles. The complex of means of the battle management system automation contains the controlling subsystem, the subsystem of receiving and transmission of data, communication channels, the controlled subsystem, and the intelligent subsystem of information support of decision making with an analyzer, a classifier, a correlator, an extrapolator, and an expert system with a knowledge base and a logic output block. The intelligent subsystem of information support of decision making is equipped with the expert system with a database in the field of control of firepower, maneuvering and defense of an armored vehicle, an intelligent problem solver with the knowledge base and the subsystem of various alternative options on problems solving concerning control of firepower, maneuvering and defense of an armored vehicle based on the usage of artificial intelligence and the intelligent interface.

EFFECT: increasing of automation and intellectualisation level of the battle management function.

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Description

The invention relates to the field of military facilities, namely to samples of weapons and military equipment, and can be used for automated and intelligent control of fire, movement and protection of a combat vehicle, including a model of armored weapons and equipment.

Currently, a number of requirements are presented to combat vehicles that are directly related to their control:

- the ability to autonomous actions as part of limited tactical groups in any climatic, weather and time conditions;

- ensuring operational and tactical mobility;

- ensuring the integration of combat vehicles into a single control and defeat system;

- multichannel weapons and automatic control of various means of destruction, movement and defense;

- providing remote control as a single sample, and unit;

- unification of the family of combat vehicles on the basic chassis within the framework of a unified weapons system.

The control system for fire, movement and protection of military vehicles has a number of characteristic features:

- a large number of multifunctional managed objects (a set of managed subsystems) of various nature, complexity and breadth of purpose;

- high-speed control subsystems, due to the nature of hostilities in difficult conditions;

- the functioning of the control subsystems in real time, due to the need to subordinate the pace of the implementation of the corresponding functions of the system to the real process that occurs outside the control system;

- simultaneous solution of a sufficiently large number of combat missions in a limited time (reception and processing of various information, detection, recognition and defeat of targets, detection and defeat of flying anti-tank weapons, determining the route of movement, the nature of the route and the presence of obstacles and obstacles, etc.);

- decision-making by the commander of a combat vehicle and crew members (operators) of a combat vehicle within a limited time period and with insufficient and sometimes conflicting information about the situation;

- a large number of destabilizing factors that can affect the control system and its subsystems during operation (electrical, climatic and mechanical influences arising during the functioning of the system, specific factors of the combat use of the system, etc.).

A well-known set of automation tools is available for the combat weapon control system [1], which contains a control subsystem, a data reception and transmission subsystem, communication channels, a controlled subsystem and a decision support information subsystem consisting of: an analyzer that determines the level of inconsistency of the current combat situation from given limits and the need for intervention of a set of automation tools in the process taking place in the control object; a classifier that, on the basis of the information a priori laid down in it, relates the situation to a particular class or to several classes that correspond to a certain set of elementary decisions (control actions), the correlator is made with the possibility of determining the path of processing the current situation and forming, based on the set of logical transformational rules a certain solution; extrapolator, which, in the case when there are several solutions, worked out by the correlator, selects the best of them.

The disadvantage of this complex is that if the correlator and extrapolator of the decision support information support subsystem is not able to form the appropriate decision, then this task is solved directly by the official, in relation to combat vehicles - this is the commander of the combat vehicle and crew members (operators).

The closest in technical essence the complex of means of automation of the combat weapon control system is the complex described in [2], containing a control subsystem, a subsystem for receiving and transmitting data, communication channels, a controlled subsystem and an intelligent subsystem of information support for decision-making consisting of: a control object, an analyzer , classifier, correlator with a set of logical-transformational rules, extrapolator, expert system with a knowledge base and a logical inference unit. At the same time, the analyzer is made with the ability to determine the level of mismatch of the current combat situation from the given limits and the need for the intervention of a set of automation means, the classifier is made with the possibility, on the basis of a priori information, to relate the situation to a specific class or to several classes that correspond to a certain set of elementary decisions - control actions, the correlator is configured to determine the processing path of the current situation and the formation of n Based on the set of logical and transformational rules of a certain solution stored in it, the extrapolator is made with the possibility of choosing the best solution developed by the correlator, or developing a new solution together with an expert system that includes a knowledge base and a logical inference unit that stores specialists' knowledge of the subject areas, information about the heuristic methods of experts and the procedure for their use and allowing, based on the intellectual assessment of the initial data, which are characterized by incomplete With conflicting, semantically saturated information, using a heuristic pattern recognition algorithm, develop a solution in accordance with the current combat situation using computationally effective logical and mathematical methods based on the use of case analysis procedures, indirect characteristics, logical and physical limitations.

The disadvantage of this complex is that the expert system has the ability to solve problems based on the accumulated experience of experts in a specific subject area in the database, but it is not able to develop new solutions that are adaptive to the unknown current situation. To develop new solutions, adaptive to the unknown current situation and the state of the control object, additional devices are required [3].

The aim of the present invention is to increase the level of automation and intellectualization of the functions of controlling the fire, movement and protection of a combat vehicle and ensuring the speed and continuity of control at the decision-making stage, due to the nature of the combat operations of combat vehicles in difficult conditions and the state of the control objects (weapons and weapons complex movement and active defense of a combat vehicle).

This goal is achieved by including in the intellectual subsystem of information support decision-making a well-known complex of additional blocks that provide the issuance of ready-made solutions (control actions) for controlling the fire, movement and protection of the combat vehicle and their automatic implementation, when in a limited time, in critical and stressful situations, the commander of the combat vehicle and crew members (operators) are not able to make adaptive decisions.

The essence of the invention lies in the fact that in the complex of automation tools for the control system of military assets, containing a control subsystem, a subsystem for receiving and transmitting data, communication channels, a controlled subsystem and an intelligent subsystem of information decision support with an analyzer, classifier, correlator, extrapolator and expert system, having in its composition a knowledge base and a logical inference unit that stores the knowledge of specialists about the subject area and provides together with extrapol the development of a new solution, the intelligent subsystem of information support for decision-making is equipped with an expert system with a database, while the expert system is able to solve poorly formalized tasks - generate control actions based on the experience of experts in the field of fire, movement and protection of the combat vehicle, information on heuristic methods of work of experts and the procedure for their use.

The intelligent subsystem of information support for decision-making is equipped with an intelligent problem solver with a knowledge base and a search subsystem for various alternative solutions to the tasks of controlling the fire, movement and protection of a combat vehicle based on the use of artificial intelligence, while the intelligent problem solver is capable of generating qualitatively new problem solutions ( control actions) based on the intellectual assessment of the source data about the objects of control (a set of weapons knowledge and means providing movement and active defense of the combat vehicle) and the current combat situation, characterized by incomplete, contradictory, semantically saturated and undefined information, using the heuristic algorithm for pattern recognition and application of case analysis procedures, indirect characteristics, logical and physical limitations, contextual and other knowledge.

In addition, the intelligent decision support information subsystem is equipped with an intelligent interface with special hardware and software, while the intelligent interface is configured to provide the commander of the combat vehicle and crew (operators) with a natural language dialogue with the computer.

The composition of the inventive complex of automation equipment for the control system of combat weapons and the connection of its elements with each other is shown in the drawing (see Fig. 1), where:

1 - control subsystem;

2- subsystem for receiving and transmitting data;

3 - communication channels;

4 - managed subsystem;

5 - an intelligent subsystem of information support for decision making.

The composition of the intellectual subsystem of information support for decision-making and the relationship of its elements with each other is shown in the drawing (see Fig. 2), where:

5.1 - management objects;

5.2 - analyzer;

5.3 - classifier;

5.4 - correlator;

5.5 - extrapolator;

5.6 - expert system with a database;

5.7 - an intelligent problem solver with a knowledge base and a search subsystem for various alternative solutions to problems;

5.8 - smart interface.

Brief Description of the Drawings

1. Figure 1.

The figure 1 shows the structural-functional diagram of the inventive complex of automation equipment for the control system of military assets. The diagram shows the composition of the complex and the relationship of its elements with each other.

2. Figure 2.

The figure 2 shows the structural-functional diagram of the inventive intellectual subsystem of information support decision-making. The diagram shows the composition of the intellectual subsystem and the relationship of its elements with each other.

Intelligent subsystem of information support for decision making works as follows.

Current information about the current combat situation and the state of command and control objects (a complex of weapons and means providing movement and active protection of combat vehicles) St = {S1, S2, ..., Sm} comes from control objects 5.1 to the input of analyzer 5.2, whose task is to determine the level discrepancies St from the standard situation and the set limits of the state of the control objects and the need for the intervention of the intellectual subsystem of information support for decision-making in the process taking place in the control objects. If the current combat situation and the state of the control objects do not require intervention, then the analyzer does not transmit it for further processing. Otherwise, the information St goes further to the input of the classifier 5.3, where, based on a priori information classes, the current information St refers to a specific class K1 or to several classes that correspond to a certain set of elementary decisions - control actions {Uq}.

Next, correlator 5.4 determines the trajectory of processing the current situation, St → Πi, and forms, on the basis of the set of logical transformation rules or correlation rules stored in it, the ith solution is the control action on the control objects. Control objects are transferred to the new state Sh.

In the case when there are several solution options - control actions developed by the correlator, then the best of them is selected or a new solution is developed by extrapolator 5.5 together with expert system 5.6, which includes a database that stores the experience of experts in the field of fire and movement control and protection of the combat vehicle, information about heuristic methods of work of experts and the procedure for their use. Control objects are transferred to the new state Sh.

In the case when the extrapolator 5.5 together with the expert system 5.6 does not succeed in developing a new solution based on the experience of the experts, the development of a new solution is carried out by an intelligent problem solver 5.7, which includes a knowledge base and a search subsystem for various alternative solutions to fire control tasks , movement and defense of a combat vehicle, based on the use of artificial intelligence, while the intelligent problem solver develops qualitatively new solutions to problems (I control impacts) based on the intellectual assessment of the initial data on the control objects and on the current combat situation, characterized by incomplete, contradictory, semantically saturated and uncertain information, using the heuristic algorithm for pattern recognition and application of case analysis procedures, indirect characteristics, logical and physical limitations, contextual and other knowledge. Control objects are transferred to the new state Sh.

Intelligent interface 5.8, which incorporates special hardware and software, provides the commander of a combat vehicle and crew members (operators) a dialogue in a natural language with a computer (intelligent problem solver).

The current level of development of science and technology allows you to create an intelligent subsystem of information support for decision-making on the management of fire, movement and protection of combat vehicles, in particular tanks and infantry fighting vehicles, by introducing it into the airborne information-control system and its components: information-control weapon system, information management system of the chassis and information management system of protection.

Compared with the prototype of the claimed invention, due to the presence of an intelligent subsystem of information support for decision making, containing an expert system with a database; an intellectual problem solver with a knowledge base and a search subsystem for various alternative solutions to problems based on the use of artificial intelligence methods; intelligent interface, has the following advantages:

- increases the level of automation and intellectualization of the fire control system, movement and protection of the combat vehicle due to the transition to the use of an expert system with a database; an intelligent problem solver with a knowledge base and a search subsystem for various alternative solutions to problems based on the use of artificial intelligence methods and an intelligent interface that allows the commander of a combat vehicle and crew members (operators) to conduct a dialogue with a computer in a natural language;

- increases the reliability of recognition of situations due to the intellectual analysis of the source data based on the use of the heuristic algorithm for pattern recognition;

- allows you to make decisions (develop control actions) based on the assessment of incomplete, contradictory, semantically saturated and uncertain information using computationally effective logical and mathematical methods based on the use of case analysis procedures, indirect characteristics, logical and physical limitations, contextual and other knowledge;

- allows the phased increase and adjustment of the knowledge base during exercises and training, as well as during combat work;

- allows the use of combat vehicles with an intelligent subsystem of information support for decision-making in difficult conditions of a combat situation, requiring immediate decision-making.

INFORMATION SOURCES

1. Uskov A.F., Kvasha B.C. "A set of automation tools for the combat weapon control system." RF patent for invention No. 2391619. Application No. 2008123197. Priority of invention June 11, 2008. Registered in the State Register of Inventions of the Russian Federation June 10, 2008.

Patent holder: Moscow Military Institute of Radio Electronics of the Space Forces.

2. Application for invention No. 201027777/11 (039516) dated 07/07/2010. Authors: Uskov A.F., Kvasha B.C., Khrestinin D.V. “A complex of automation means for a control system for military assets”. On application, the Federal Service for Intellectual Property adopted decision No. 43 of June 4, 2011, on the grant of a patent for an invention.

Patent holder: Moscow Military Institute of Radio Electronics of the Space Forces (the institute is closed before obtaining a patent).

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Claims (3)

1. A set of automation tools for the combat weapon control system, containing a control subsystem, a data reception and transmission subsystem, communication channels, a managed subsystem and an intelligent decision support information subsystem with an analyzer, classifier, correlator, extrapolator and expert system, which includes a knowledge base and a logical inference unit that stores the knowledge of specialists about the subject area and provides, together with the extrapolator, the development of a new solution, while llektualnaya subsystem information decision support is provided with the expert system to the database, the expert system is configured to implement the decision slaboformuliruemyh task - to produce a control action on the basis of information about the heuristic methods of work of the experts and the procedure for their use, characterized in that the formulation of the control action is taken into account also accumulated in the database the experience of experts in the field of fire control, movement and protection of combat vehicles, as well as the intelligent subsystem of information support for decision-making is equipped with an intelligent problem solver with a subsystem for searching various alternative solutions to the tasks of controlling fire, movement and protection of a combat vehicle. 2. The complex according to claim 1, characterized in that the subsystem for searching various alternative solutions to problems is made on the basis of artificial intelligence, while the intelligent problem solver is able to generate qualitatively new solutions to problems based on the intellectual assessment of the source data about the control objects and the current combat situation characterized by incomplete, contradictory, semantically rich and indefinite information, using the pattern recognition algorithm and the application of ana procedures Isa precedents indirect characteristics of logical and physical limitations contextual knowledge. 3. The complex according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the intelligent subsystem of information support for decision-making is equipped with an intelligent interface configured to provide the commander of the combat vehicle and crew members with a natural language dialogue with a computer.

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