DISCCO: Generic Support for C2 and Decision-Making

The design of general support systems for military activities would greatly facilitate co-ordination and co-operation between different positions throughout the organization, increase flexibility in solving unknown tasks, and provide more costeffective solutions. Command and Control (C2), as well as other types of business and military management, show generic features that should be emphasized when developing such general systems. DISCCO (Decision Support for Command and Control) is an integrated set of tools to support this work. It includes Command Support that facilitates the manual work in describing the situation and formulating solutions to accomplish tasks. It also includes Decision Support that, based on AI and simulation technology, enhances the human capability by automatic and semiautomatic generation and evaluation of solutions. Externalizing the situation awareness, a Common Situation Model enables the integration of these support tools but also the collaboration between individuals. The set of tools is generic, since it could be adapted to different situations, and hence support work at different positions in military, as well as civilian, defence organizations.