Research

Inspect is being extended in several important dimensions under the DARPA JFACC program. Some of these extensions require basic R&D work on the EXPECT framework on generating explanations and justifications for Inspect's recommendations, and on Web-based tools to support domain experts to change Inspect's knowledge base. Other extensions will widen the scope of Inspect's evaluations to do the following:

1. Include additional types of objectives (such as force support (logistics) and force enhancement (ISR - intelligence, Surveillance and reconaissance).
2. Evaluate the plan from a more global perspective that would include information about strategy and plan rationale.