Orbital Communications Adaptor (OCA) Flight Controllers, in NASA's International Space Station Mission Control Center, use different computer systems to uplink, downlink, mirror, archive, and deliver files to and from the International Space Station (ISS) in real time. The OCA Mirroring System (OCAMS) is a multiagent software system (MAS) that is operational in NASA's Mission Control Center. This paper presents OCAMS and its workings in an operational setting where flight controllers rely on the system 24x7. We also discuss the return on investment, based on a simulation baseline, six months of 24x7 operations at NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, and a projection of future capabilities. This paper ends with a discussion of the value of MAS and future planned functionality and capabilities.


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    Title :

    NASA's OCA Mirroring System: An Application of Multiagent Systems in Mission Control



    Conference:

    AAMAS 2009 Conference ; 2009 ; Budapest, Hungary


    Publication date :

    2009-05-10


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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