This paper describes the Automated Scheduling and Planning Environment (ASPEN). ASPEN encodes complex spacecraft knowledge of operability constraints, flight rules, spacecraft hardware, science experiments and operations procedures to allow for automated generation of low level spacecraft sequences. Using a technique called iterative repair, ASPEN classifies constraint violations (i.e., conflicts) and attempts to repair each by performing a planning or scheduling operation. It must reason about which conflict to resolve first and what repair method to try for the given conflict. ASPEN is currently being utilized in the development of automated planner/scheduler systems for several spacecraft, including the UFO-1 naval communications satellite and the Citizen Explorer (CX1) satellite, as well as for planetary rover operations and antenna ground systems automation. This paper focuses on the algorithm and search strategies employed by ASPEN to resolve spacecraft operations constraints, as well as the data structures for representing these constraints.


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    Title :

    Iterative Repair Planning for Spacecraft Operations Using the Aspen System


    Contributors:
    Rabideau, G. (author) / Knight, R. (author) / Chien, S. (author) / Fukunaga, A. (author) / Govindjee, A. (author)

    Publication date :

    2000-01-01


    Type of media :

    Miscellaneous


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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