Expert systems that require access to data bases, complex simulations and real time instrumentation have both symbolic and algorithmic needs. Both of these needs could be met using a general purpose workstation running both symbolic and algorithmic codes, or separate, specialized computers networked together. The later approach was chosen to implement TEXSYS, the thermal expert system, developed by the NASA Ames Research Center in conjunction with the Johnson Space Center to demonstrate the ability of an expert system to autonomously monitor the thermal control system of the space station. TEXSYS has been implemented on a Symbolics workstation, and will be linked to a microVAX computer that will control a thermal test bed. The integration options and several possible solutions are presented.
Integration of Symbolic and Algorithmic Hardware and Software for the Automation of Space Station Subsystems
1988
8 pages
Report
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Englisch
Manned Spacecraft , Computers, Control & Information Theory , Automatic control , Expert systems , Space stations , Thermal environments , Software tools , Symbolic programming , Architecture (Computers) , Algorithms , Artificial intelligence , Control systems design , Measure and integration , Microprocessors