An architecture for real-time reasoning and system control

Author

Ingrand, Francois F. ; Georgeff, Michael P. ; Rao, Anand S.

Volume

7

Issue

6

fYear

1992

Firstpage

34

Lastpage

44

Abstract

The Procedural Reasoning System, a generic reasoning system based on the rational-agent architecture, is described. The system has been applied to several real-time applications, including mobile robot control, system control for a surveillance aircraft, and air traffic management. Two applications that are relevant to process industries handling malfunctions for the reaction control system of NASA´s Space Shuttle and diagnosing and controlling failures and overloads in a telecommunications network are discussed. Specifically, the representation and management of malfunction-handling procedures and tasks.<>

Keywords

aerospace computer control; control engineering computing; inference mechanisms; real-time systems; telecommunications computer control; Procedural Reasoning System; Space Shuttle; air traffic management; generic reasoning system; malfunction-handling procedures; mobile robot control; process industries; rational-agent architecture; reaction control system; real-time applications; real-time reasoning; surveillance aircraft; system control; telecommunications network; Aerospace control; Air traffic control; Aircraft; Communication system traffic control; Control systems; Mobile robots; Real time systems; Robot control; Surveillance; Telecommunication control;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

IEEE Expert

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0885-9000

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/64.180407

Filename

180407