Project NEREUS

The project NEREUS (Naval Environment for Resource Engagement in Unpredictable Situations) got its name from the greek deity, Nereus. Nereus is the righteous and all-wise old man of the sea, god of the Mediterranean Sea. He is a gentle and very wise old man who has the power to foretell the future, but he will not answer questions unless he was caught and, to avoid that, he would change his shape. The domain of Nereus is especially Aegean Sea where he has saved many ships from destruction.

Firstly, this project aims at implementing an agent as a decision-aid system for the resources management on a HALIFAX Class frigate. In other words, the goal of the system is mainly to manage all the resources (weapons, radars, electronic systems, etc.) present on a frigate to increase its survival chances at the time of attacks by anti-ship missiles (ASMs). The study of these frigates was initiated through a project made in collaboration with the company Lockheed Martin Canada (LMC) and the center for Defence Research and Development Canada - Valcartier (DRDC - Valcartier).

Secondly, this project aims at implementing a multiagents system for the coordination of a fleet of frigates. The goal of this multiagents system is to efficiently manage all resources to increase the survival rate of the fleet. Since resource managing for more than one frigate is a distributed problem, we think that a multiagents system will help manage those resources while increasing the survivability of each frigate.

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