Using Archon - 3. Particle acceleration control

For pt.2 see ibid., p.71-9 (1996). The Archon distributed AI software framework integrated two preexisting standalone systems into a consistent, flexible application. The integrated systems provide useful information to each other and improve each other´s performance through cooperation. The authors describe the use of the Archon framework to build a distributed AI application for controlling, and diagnosing faults in the Proton Synchrotron, one of CERN´s (the European Laboratory for Particle Physics) particle accelerators. The PS complex is the heart of CERN´s accelerators and experimental facilities and also acts as an injector for the larger accelerators.