Space Shuttle ground processing with monitoring agents

Author

Semmel, Glenn S. ; Davis, Steven R. ; Leucht, Kurt W. ; Rowe, Daniel A. ; Smith, Kevin E. ; Bölöni, Ladislau

Volume

21

Issue

1

fYear

2006

Firstpage

68

Lastpage

73

Abstract

To ensure that all shuttle systems are ready for launch, KSC engineers monitor tens of thousands of telemetry measurements. This intense data monitoring occurs constantly during ground processing, peaking in the weeks leading up to launch. KSC engineers developed and deployed a software agent $the NASA Engineering Shuttle Telemetry Agent - to assist in this around-the-clock monitoring. NESTA acts as a software agent for the NASA engineer. For this discussion, we define an agent as rule - based, autonomous software that reacts to its environment and communicates results to a human $the NASA engineer.

Keywords

aerospace computing; software agents; space telemetry; space vehicles; NASA Engineering Shuttle Telemetry Agent; NESTA; around-the-clock monitoring; intense data monitoring; rule based autonomous software; software agent; space shuttle ground processing; telemetry measurement; Automation; Automotive engineering; Computerized monitoring; Condition monitoring; Data engineering; NASA; Power engineering and energy; Space shuttles; Space vehicles; Telemetry; NASA Engineering Shuttle Telemetry Agent; Space Shuttle; autonomous agents; expert systems; pattern matching; predicate logic; rule-based systems;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Intelligent Systems, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1541-1672

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MIS.2006.17

Filename

1588804