THE STATE OF THE ART AND THE STATE OF THE PRACTICE Exchanging PMESII Data to Support the Effects-Based Approach Topics

United States Joint Forces Command (USJFCOM) Experimentation Directorate (J9) models the political, military, economic, societal, information, and infrastructure (PMESII) aspects of populations to investigate Effects-Based Approach in coalition environments. Current JC2 systems evolved from the need to more efficiently and effectively exchange data among military organizations; however, forces must now interact with non-governmental organizations under the auspices of the effects-based approach. The universe of discourse that JC2 systems concern themselves is extending beyond what has traditionally been called the battle-space. The J9 uses an Agent-based Simulation (ABS ) called Synthetic Environment for Analysis Simulation (SEAS) to model the nonmilitary aspects of the battle-space. By investigating taxonomies for capturing SEAS generated data in JC3IEDM (Joint Consultation, Command and Control Information Exchange Data Model), developers may be able to extend JC2 systems to include an increased number of non-military data exchange requirements. Hence, by adapting the JC3IEDM to the effects-based approach may accelerate the development of future C4ISR capabilities towards covering a wider spectrum of threats and deployment scenarios. This paper will outline the reasons why ABS may be useful to evolve the JC3IDEM model, and may assist in defining what is meant by taxonomy in the context of web-enabled ABS.