Automated synthesis of image processing procedures for a large-scale image database

This paper describes the Multimission VICAR Planner (MVP) system, which uses models of the image processing programs to automatically construct executable image processing procedures to fill science requests made to the JPL Multimission Image Processing Laboratory (MIPL). The MVP system allows the user to specify the image processing requirements in terms of the various types of correction required. Given this information, MVP which use Artificial Intelligence (AI) Planning techniques to derive unspecified required processing steps and determines appropriate image processing programs and parameters to achieve the specified image processing goals. This information is output as an executable image processing program which can then be executed to fill the processing request