SITUATION ASSESSMENT AND PREDICTION IN INTELLIGENCE DOMAINS

We discuss a user-friendly system containing an operational suite of t ools that support intelligence data processing, data visualization, hi storical analysis, situation assessment and predictive analysis. The t ools facilitate the study of events as a function of time to determine situational patterns. To support this analysis, the system has variou s data displays (e.g., timelines, maps charts, and tables) a historica l event database, query capabilities, and expert system tools. The exp ert system tools analyze temporal information, predict future events, and explain decisions visually and textually. The tools are currently installed in several military commands and intelligence agencies suppo rting analysis ranging from strategic C-3 to counter drug. (C) 1997 El sevier Science B.V.