CDM Technologies, Inc.

    The Integrated Marine Multi-Agent Command and Control System (IMMACCS) is an experimental decision-support system that provides an objectified picture of the battlespace. IMMACCS aids commanders in exploiting opportunities and streamlining the decision-making process, an information intensive activity. As a trailblazing fires and maneuver system, IMMACCS simplifies the information environment and highlights factors affecting the commander's key concerns.
 
    In 1995, the Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory (MCWL) designed the Sea Dragon program to give the Marine Corps real-world experience in tactics and techniques useful in a variety of battlefield settings. Designed as an experimental system, IMMACCS, developed in part by CDM Technologies, Inc. for MCWL, has provided essential tactical support, situational awareness, and operational planning of Sea Dragon.
 
    As an experimental decision-support system, IMMACCS presents commanders with collaborative problem-solving tools that-unlike predetermined solutions offered by legacy computer systems-can be applied to problem situations as they arise. Centering on the concept of high-level representation of objects, the problem-solving tools in IMMACCS are dynamically applied to planning, execution, and training scenarios. In other words, the IMMACCS system incorporates an object model describing battlefield entities (e.g., tanks, aircraft, supplies, roads, buildings, rivers, friendly and enemy units) in terms of their behavioral characteristics and relationships to each other. Unlike legacy (i.e., existing) systems that display all on-screen entities as a single object, IMMACCS displays each entity as a separate real-world object, from tangible entities (e.g., tanks, roads, and buildings) to intangible ones (e.g., weather events, defense, and information). This fundamental feature enables user interaction with hundreds of real-world objects that all have some understanding of each others' nature, interests, and objectives and considerable understanding of their own behavior and capabilities. IMMACCS also incorporates agents that possess reasoning capabilities which collaborate with the user in problem solving. Altogether, the main features of IMMACCS enable users to continuously and efficiently adapt to changing conditions in the battlespace.
 
    IMMACCS is based upon the Integrated Cooperative Decision Making (ICDM) framework.