SPECIAL NOTICE 00-22: USING CONTROL THEORY FOR MILITARY COMMAND AND CONTROL; JULY 12, 2000; RADISSON HOTEL SOUTH, MINNEAPOLIS MN. POC: Col Daniel C. McCorry, USAF, DARPA/ISO. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has sponsored progressive research in the application of control theoretics to military command and control. Modeling and computational results, to date, have demonstrated the potential for revolutionary performance improvements through the use of formal control theory mathematics and strategies. DARPA is hosting a Technology Display (similar to an Industry Day) to 1) showcase these experimental results and their value to future military command and control, and 2) introduce current DARPA-sponsored researchers to more academic, industrial, and government sectors interested in producing enterprise-level control systems. This Display, a one (1) day event, will be held in Minneapolis MN at the Radisson Hotel South & Plaza Tower (Atrium Rooms 3 & 4), 7800 Normandale Blvd, Bloomington (Minneapolis) MN 55439, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Displays (in a science fair venue) will be provided ONLY by the 14 contractors performing the current research and will highlight progress, to date, in areas such as, model predictive control, hierarchical control, Markov decision chains, abstract board games, zero-sum games, neuro-dynamic programming, linguistic geometry, pheromones, auction mechanisms, inter alia, as applied in a military command and control environment. Interested parties should limit their contingents to six people. While security clearances are not required, personnel registrations are required. Registrations should be forwarded by e-mail to JFACC_Program@darpa.mil, subject "Technology Display Registration" and include the name, organization, e-mail address and telephone number(s) of each individual wishing to attend. Registrations are due by 6 July 2000. In light of the success of current research efforts, DARPA may sponsor potential future work to address the dynamics of hybrid man and machine command and control. Interested parties should note that THIS SYNOPSIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR A PROPOSAL OF ANY KIND,NOR SHOULD IT BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT. THERE IS NO SOLICITATION AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. Posted 06/27/00 (W-SN468954).

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