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OverviewIn the early 1990s, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center started researching and developing autonomous and autonomic ground and spacecraft control systems for future NASA missions. This research started by experimenting with and developing expert systems to automate ground station software and reduce the number of people needed to control a spacecraft. This was followed by research into agent-based technology to develop autonomous ground c- trol and spacecraft. Research into this area has now evolved into using the concepts of autonomic systems to make future space missions self-managing and giving them a high degree of survivability in the harsh environments in which they operate. This book describes much of the results of this research. In addition, it aimstodiscusstheneededsoftwaretomakefutureNASAspacemissionsmore completelyautonomousandautonomic.Thecoreofthesoftwareforthesenew missions has been written for other applications or is being applied gradually in current missions, or is in current development. It is intended that this book should document how NASA missions are becoming more autonomous and autonomic and should point to the way of making future missions highly - tonomous and autonomic. What is not covered is the supporting hardware of these missions or the intricate software that implements orbit and at- tude determination, on-board resource allocation, or planning and scheduling (though we refer to these technologies and give references for the interested reader). Full Product DetailsAuthor: Walt Truszkowski , Harold Hallock , Christopher Rouff , Jay KarlinPublisher: Springer London Ltd Imprint: Springer London Ltd Edition: 2010 ed. Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.474kg ISBN: 9781447125266ISBN 10: 1447125266 Pages: 289 Publication Date: 01 March 2012 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsFrom the contents Part I Background.- Introduction.- Direction of New Space Missions.- Overview of Flight and Ground Software.- Flight vs. Ground Implementation.- Flight Autonomy Evolution.- Current Levels of Flight Automation/Autonomy.-Ground Autonomy Evolution.- Agent Concept Testbed.- Part II Technology.- Core Technologies for Developing Autonomous and Autonomic Systems.- Reasoning with Partial Information.- Agent-based Spacecraft Autonomy Design Concepts.- Spacecraft Enabling Technologies.- Cooperative Autonomy.- Need for Cooperative Autonomy in Space Missions.- Autonomic Systems.- Overview of Autonomic Systems.- Part III Applications.- Intelligent Agents in Space Constellations.- Swarms in Space Missions.- Swarm Technologies at NASA.- Concluding Remarks.- Future Missions.- Appendix A: Attitude and Orbit Determination and Control.- Appendix B: Operational Scenarios and Agent Interactions.- Acronyms.- Glossary.- References.- Index.ReviewsFrom the reviews: Truszkowski (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center) and colleagues have documented how NASA missions have become and will become more autonomous and automatic. The authors present several top-level examples along with helpful flowcharts. A thorough glossary and nearly 200 references provide a good basis for diving into more depth with other resources. This book would be a start for someone who is developing autonomous and automatic systems. Summing Up: Recommended. Professional audiences. (D. B. Spencer, Choice, Vol. 47 (11), July, 2010) From the reviews: “Truszkowski (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center) and colleagues have documented how NASA missions have become and will become more autonomous and automatic. … The authors present several top-level examples along with … helpful flowcharts. … A thorough glossary and nearly 200 references provide a good basis for diving into more depth with other resources. This book would be a start for someone who is developing autonomous and automatic systems. … Summing Up: Recommended. Professional audiences.” (D. B. Spencer, Choice, Vol. 47 (11), July, 2010) Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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