Information support tools for regional security management in the Arctic

Abstract

The research work is oriented to methodology and information technologies development for security network-centric control of regional socio-economic systems (by the example of Arctic zone of Russia). It is necessary to significant and relevant scientific problem solving of regional security decentralized control efficiency enhancement of the Arctic regions which are exposed to impact by the set of heterogeneous factors, that condition high risks of natural, technogenic and socio-economic emergency and crisis situations appearance. The main scope of our investigation is information infrastructure of the multi-level distributed system for Arctic regional security organizational management. For problem solving under research new models and methods, providing efficiency enhancement of that system functioning at the expense of activities adequate information and analytical support and coordination of the organizationally heterogeneous security control actors, have been developed. The article deals with the development problems of an integrated network-centric information infrastructure for regional security management support in the Arctic regions. For this type problem-solving application of the developed complex methodology, including a network-centric control model, simulation and conceptual modeling, multi-agent technologies, design and implementation methods of distributed information management systems has been proposed. The description of research and work-out results is given, namely the polymodel complex, the multi-agent modeling technology and the decision-making support system in the field of regional security by the example of Murmansk region. The received results constitute the foundation for regional security network-centric control system development. Research developments allow to operability and managerial decision-making efficiency enhancement in the field of Arctic regional security support and control subject to impact of heterogeneous factors. The represented results are applicable for new security distributed control system synthesis of various nature and scale complex objects, and for functioning operability and precision enhancement of the already existing security support systems of critically significant objects and infrastructures of Arctic region.