TY - GEN
T1 - The Colab mixed-initiative analysis enviroment
AU - Morrison, Clayton T.
AU - Cohen, Paul R
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - COLAB is an analysis environment in which multiple human analysts in different physical locations can collaborate to build hypotheses of un-folding scenarios. COLAB consists of two components: an instrumented analysis working environment built on a blackboard system, and a web-based user interface that integrates the Trellis hypothesis authoring and management tool with a query language. On the blackboard, analysts collect data and perform analyses using relational database queries and a set of analysis tools that include group identification and suspicion scoring algorithms. Evidence extracted from data analysis on the blackboard may then be incorporated in hierarchical argument structures in the Trellis tool, combining evidence sources with user-supplied free text. Trellis arguments may then be shared between analysts and collaboratively authored. COLAB has been integrated with the Hats Simulator challenge domain and serves as a prototype mixed-initiative information fusion system.
AB - COLAB is an analysis environment in which multiple human analysts in different physical locations can collaborate to build hypotheses of un-folding scenarios. COLAB consists of two components: an instrumented analysis working environment built on a blackboard system, and a web-based user interface that integrates the Trellis hypothesis authoring and management tool with a query language. On the blackboard, analysts collect data and perform analyses using relational database queries and a set of analysis tools that include group identification and suspicion scoring algorithms. Evidence extracted from data analysis on the blackboard may then be incorporated in hierarchical argument structures in the Trellis tool, combining evidence sources with user-supplied free text. Trellis arguments may then be shared between analysts and collaboratively authored. COLAB has been integrated with the Hats Simulator challenge domain and serves as a prototype mixed-initiative information fusion system.
KW - Application of fusion
KW - Command
KW - Control and operations research
KW - Fusion architecture
KW - Sensor management
KW - Tracking and surveillance
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U2 - 10.1109/ICIF.2006.301726
DO - 10.1109/ICIF.2006.301726
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:50249165852
SN - 1424409535
SN - 9781424409532
T3 - 2006 9th International Conference on Information Fusion, FUSION
BT - 2006 9th International Conference on Information Fusion, FUSION
T2 - 2006 9th International Conference on Information Fusion, FUSION
Y2 - 10 July 2006 through 13 July 2006
ER -