Study on battlespace ontology construction approach

Abstract

In Network Centric Warfare, the sensor network's capability is much stronger than ever; the force can get a mass of information about battlespace in real or near-real time. How to utilize the information about battlespace effectively and transform the information superiority into knowledge superiority is a key problem for NCW research. To solve this problem, first we need to establish a suitable knowledge infrastructure. In this article, battlespace ontology is considered as the knowledge infrastructure of NCW, and we propose a battlespace ontology construction approach based on OWL, which consists of two parts: formal ontology construction approach to construct subdomain ontologies of battlespace and formal ontology integration approach to integrate subdomain ontologies of battlespace. Then a concrete application of the approach to an air combat battlespace is given.

A Heterogeneous Battlefield Situation Information Sharing Method Based on Content

“…Among them, the work in [8] used the XML schema as the uniform schema and designed battlefield situation information description models to realize information sharing, which mainly focused on the internal information of target elements, while the semantic relationships among them were less considered. With the development and wide application of ontology technology, the works in [9][10][11][12] designed an ontology based information description model to realize schema mapping and produced several advances in realizing effective battlefield situation information sharing. The work in [9] focused on the sharing of battlefield target information; the work in [10] focused on the construction approach of a battlespace ontology based on OWL; the work in [11] focused on the method of realizing battlefield situation collaborative plotting based on ontology; the work in [12] focused on the method of realizing battlefield situational information discovery based on ontology.…”

“…With the development and wide application of ontology technology, the works in [9][10][11][12] designed an ontology based information description model to realize schema mapping and produced several advances in realizing effective battlefield situation information sharing. The work in [9] focused on the sharing of battlefield target information; the work in [10] focused on the construction approach of a battlespace ontology based on OWL; the work in [11] focused on the method of realizing battlefield situation collaborative plotting based on ontology; the work in [12] focused on the method of realizing battlefield situational information discovery based on ontology. However, the dynamic and mission related property of the semantic relationships among target elements in the battlefield space are less concerned, but this reflects the dynamic evolution characteristic of the battlefield situation, which is important for commanders to master the real-time state of the battlefield and make decisions.…”