Abstract: Cooperation is the base of Computer Generated Forces team behaviors; formation and formation changing are the mostly used team cooperation of tank unit CGF. By combining cooperation planning with joint intention, a formation cooperation method for tank unit CGF was promoted. According to the knowledge levels of different CGF roles about the cooperation, the commander role CGF planed conditions and restraints of the formation cooperation, and the subordinated CGF autonomy planed to concretely implement the cooperation, which significantly enhanced the formation cooperation efficiency. The joint intention was established before the implementation of the cooperation, all CGF revised cooperation action simultaneously during the cooperation process, thus the validity and synchronization of the cooperation were ensured.

Key words: computer generated forces, team cooperation, cooperation planning, joint intention, formation and formation changing