An Intelligence Application Providing Multiple Coordinated Data Views

Abstract

This paper summarizes CoRaven, a suite of integrated tools that provide multiple, coordinated views of intelligence data. CoRaven is designed to assist military intelligence personnel in developing intelligence collection plans, interpreting intelligence data, and assessing possible enemy plans. It provides several coordinated ways to view intelligence data terrain, temporal and logical views. These views are coordinated by a cross-linking function that allows users to highlight data concepts in one view and see the corresponding concepts in the other views. The terrain view provides a simple and easy to understand presentation that graphically displays the likelihood of several enemy position hypotheses. This display is driven by a Bayesian belief network. Lastly, the paper will provide observations and assessments as to which aspects were most successful, for which type of users (analysts vs. commanders), and why.

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