Priority Intelligence Requirement Answering and Commercial Question-Answering: Identifying the Gaps

Doctrinally, Priority Intelligence Requirements (PIRs) are information that the commander needs to know in order to make a decision or achieve a desired effect. Networked warfare provides the intelligence officer with access to multitudes of reports and sensor outputs. What technology can the intell...

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Main Authors: Ulicny, Brian, Powell, Gerald M, Matheus, Christopher J, Coombs, Michael, Kokar, Mieczyslaw M
Format: Report
Language:English
Subjects:
ASYMMETRIC WARFARE
BRIEFING CHARTS
COMPARISON
Cybernetics
DECISION MAKING
ENTERPRISE SEARCH TECHNOLOGY
INFORMATION RETRIEVAL
Information Science
KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT
Military Intelligence
OFF THE SHELF EQUIPMENT
PIR(PRIORITY INTELLIGENCE REQUIREMENTS)
SOFTWARE TOOLS
SYMPOSIA
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
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Summary:Doctrinally, Priority Intelligence Requirements (PIRs) are information that the commander needs to know in order to make a decision or achieve a desired effect. Networked warfare provides the intelligence officer with access to multitudes of reports and sensor outputs. What technology can the intelligence officer use to find answers to PIRs in this sea of information? Recent developments in enterprise search technology have accelerated. To what extent can commercial search technologies assist with the task of PIR answering? In this paper, we outline doctrinal approaches to PIRs and PIR answering and explore how they have been adapted to contemporary warfare. We then explore five types of question-answering technologies: structured data technologies; unstructured textbased technologies; semistructured or tagged text'-based logic or semantic web technologies; and social question-answering technologies. We identify gaps in the PIR answering process that cannot be filled by contemporary Commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) solutions. Proceedings of the 15th International Command and Control Research and Technology Symposium (ICCRTS '10), Santa Monica, CA, June 22-24, 2010. The original document contains color images.