Patent ID: 7330844

Claim:
In an intelligent agent system, a computer implemented or user assisted method of generating alternative actions to be selected by at least one user associated with in at least one aerial combat situation, comprising the steps of: configuring, using a computer, at least one tactical agent with data corresponding to an aerial combat environment and with the data corresponding to resources involved in the at least one aerial combat situation, including first data on the aerial combat environment and the resources involved in the at least one aerial combat situation, second data on the near certain future status of the aerial combat environment and the resources involved in the at least one aerial combat situation, and third data on the possible future status of the aerial combat environment and the resources involved in the at least one aerial combat situation; processing, using the computer, the at least one aerial combat situation and the data corresponding to the aerial combat environment and the resources involved in the aerial combat situation, using the at least one configured tactical agent; assisting the at least one user in selecting at least one of the alternative actions for the at least one aerial combat situation by providing the at least one user information generated by the processing step; and implementing at least one of the alternative actions, by at least one user or independently by at least one intelligent agent, based on said processing and assisting steps when selected by the at least one user, and the implementing of the at least one of the alternative actions being used to direct the use of one or more of the resources involved in the aerial combatat situation.