Purpose
Within the last decade, the use of computational intelligence techniques for solving challenging defense
related problems has achieved widespread acceptance. The genesis of this interest lies in the fact that
repeated attempts of using more traditional techniques have left many important problems unsolved, and in
some cases, not addressed. Additionally, new problems have emerged that are difficult to tackle with
conventional methods, since social, cultural and human behavioral factors tend to be at the heart of
these new types of problems (e.g. within the broad areas of the global war on terrorism, homeland security,
and force protection).
The purpose of the workshop is to introduce and discuss current and ongoing efforts in using computational
intelligence techniques in attacking and solving defense-related problems, with a focus on genetic and
evolutionary computation techniques. These include, but are not limited to the following:
- Genetic and evolutionary techniques in the design of military
systems and sub-systems;
- Genetic and evolutionary techniques for logistics and scheduling of
military operations;
- Genetic and evolutionary algorithms (GEAs) in strategic planning and
tactical decision making;
- Multiobjective GEAs for examining tradeoffs in military, security,
and counter-terrorism procedures;
- Automated discovery of tactics and procedures for site security,
force protection, and consequence management;
- Genetics-based knowledge discovery and data mining of large
databases used to recognize patterns of individual behavior; and
- Co-evolutionary techniques for simultaneous red-blue team
strategic-tactical simulation and gaming.
- Other computational intelligence techniques for applications in the areas listed above.
