Mission profiling

• US 7,580,818 B2
• Filed: 11/01/2005
• Issued: 08/25/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 11/01/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Raytheon Company (Rtx Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Raytheon Company (Rtx Corporation)
• Inventors: Wang, Joe R., Cogliandro, John A., De, Piali, Habboosh, Amir W., Rannenberg, John E.
• Primary Examiner(s): Rodriguez; Paul L
• Assistant Examiner(s): Thangavelu; Kandasamy
• Application Number:
  US11/265,802
• Publication Number:
  US 20080015909A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,393 Days
• Field of Search: 703/6, 703/1, 705/1, 705/7, 705/9, 705/10, 340/511, 707/100, 379/265.02, 379/265.05
• US Class Current: 703/6
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/067 Enterprise or organisation modelling

Abstract

A method for mission profiling includes generating a human model including human activities and generating a system model including system functions. The method also includes generating an operational node model, including operational activities; and integrating the human model, the system model and the operational model to form an integrated mission model.

Claims

1. A computer implemented method for mission profiling, comprising:

generating, using a computer, a human model representing human activities including triggers for the human activities and outputs from the human activities;

generating, using the computer, a system model representing system functions;

generating, using the computer, an operational node model representing operational activities;

integrating, using the computer, the human model, the system model and the operational model to form an integrated mission model to profile a mission, wherein the integrating comprises;

mapping representations of the human activities and the representations of the system functions to representations of operational activities; and

synchronizing the representations of the human activities and the representations of the system functions to the representations of the operational activities; and

storing the integrated mission model on a machine-readable medium.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein integrating further comprises:

mapping the representations of the human activities in the human model with the representations of the system functions in the system model.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein the mapping representations of the human activities with the representations of the system functions comprises synchronizing the representations of the human activities with the representations of the system functions.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein integrating further comprises integrating the human model, the system model and the operational node model into a mathematical representation.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein integrating the human model, the system model and the operational node model into the mathematical representation comprises integrating the human model, the system model and the operational model into an executable model.

6. The method of claim 5 wherein the executable model is a Colored Petri Net (CPN) model.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising optimizing the integrated mission model.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising validating the integrated mission model.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

using the integrated model to;

validate the mission;

validate a doctrine;

validate an objective;

modifying the mission based on validating the mission;

modifying the doctrine based on validating the doctrine; and

modifying the objective based on validating the objective.

10. The method of claim 9 wherein using the integrated model to validate the mission comprises validating a mission for a business.

11. The method of claim 9 wherein using the integrated model to validate the mission comprises validating a military mission.

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising deriving the representations of the human activities, the representations of the system functions and the representations of the operational activities from documentation.

13. The method of claim 1, further comprising deriving the representations of the human activities, the representations of the system functions and the representations of the operational activities from documentation comprises deriving the representations of the human activities, the representations of the system functions and the representations of the operational activities from Department of Defense Architecture Framework product views.

14. The method of claim 1, further comprising deriving the representations of the human activities, the representations of the system functions and the representations of the operational activities from interviews.

15. The method of claim 1, further comprising generating the mission, generating the mission comprising:

selecting mission elements; and

selecting a mapping between the mission elements.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising fixing the mapping between the mission elements.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising fixing a portion of the mission elements.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising fixing the mission elements by iteratively generating additional mission integrated models.

19. The method of claim 1 wherein at least one model from the group consisting of the human model, the system model and the operational node model is replaced in the integrated mission model by an entity the model represents.

20. The method of claim 1 wherein generating the human model, the system model and the operational node model comprises using inputs from at least one of a corporate mission, a corporate mission statement, a financial goal, a performance goal, a policy manual, a procedural manual, a process diagram, a process manual, a subject matter expert interview, a flowchart, a written business process or an unwritten business process to generate at least one of the human model, the system model or the operational node model.

21. The method of claim 1 wherein generating the human model, the system model and the operational node model comprises using Department of Defense Architecture Framework (DODAF) products to generate at least one of the human model, the system model or the operational node model.

22. The method of claim 1, further comprising using the integrated model in a business environment.

23. The method of claim 1, further comprising using the integrated model in a military environment.

24. An apparatus for mission profiling, comprising:

a memory that stores executable instructions for generating and executing an integrated mission model; and

a processor that executes the instructions and performs a method for generating and executing an integrated mission model, the method comprising;

generating a human model representing human activities including triggers for the human activities and outputs from the human activities;

generating a system model representing system functions;

generating an operational node model representing operational activities;

integrating the human model, the system model and the operational model to form an integrated mission model to profile a mission, wherein the integrating comprises;

mapping representations of the human activities and representations of the system functions to representations of operational activities; and

synchronizing the representations of the human activities and the representations of the system functions with the representations of the operational activities; and

storing the integrated mission model on a machine-readable medium.

25. The apparatus of claim 24 wherein representations of the human activities are mapped with representations of the system functions.

26. The apparatus of claim 25 wherein the mapping of the representations of the human activities with the representations of the system functions comprises synchronizing the representations of the human activities with the representations of the system functions.

27. The apparatus of claim 24 wherein the integrated mission model comprises a mathematical representation.

28. The apparatus of claim 27 wherein the mathematical representation comprises an executable model.

29. The apparatus of claim 28 wherein the executable model is a Colored Petri Net (CPN) model.

30. The apparatus of claim 24 wherein the integrated model is configured to be used in a business environment.

31. The apparatus of claim 24 wherein the integrated model is configured to be used in a military environment.

32. The apparatus of claim 24 wherein the human model further comprises triggers for the human activities and outputs from the human activities.

33. An article comprising a machine-readable medium that stores executable instructions that when executed on a computer perform a method for generating and executing the integrated mission model, the medium comprising instructions for:

generating a human model representing human activities including triggers for the human activities and outputs from the human activities;

generating a system model representing system functions;

generating an operational node model representing operational activities;

integrating the human model, the system model and the operational model to form an integrated mission model to profile a mission, wherein the integrating comprises;

mapping representations of the human activities and representations of the system functions to representations of operational activities; and

synchronizing the representations of the human activities and the representations of the system functions with the representations of the operational activities; and

storing the integrated mission model on a machine-readable medium.

34. The article of claim 33 wherein the representations of the human activities are mapped with the representations of the system functions.

35. The article of claim 34 wherein the mapping of the representations of the human activities with the representations of the system functions comprises synchronizing the representations of the human activities with the representations of the system functions.

36. The article of claim 33 wherein the integrated mission model comprises a Colored Petri Net (CPN) model.