G.S. Semmel, S.R. Davis, K.W. Leucht, D.A. Rowe, K.E. Smith, and L. Bölöni

NESTA: NASA Engineering Shuttle Telemetry Agent


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G.S. Semmel, S.R. Davis, K.W. Leucht, D.A. Rowe, K.E. Smith, and L. Bölöni. NESTA: NASA Engineering Shuttle Telemetry Agent. AI Magazine, 27(3):25–35, 2006.

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Abstract:

The Spaceport Processing Systems Branch at NASA Kennedy Space Center has developed and deployed an agent based tool to monitor the Space Shuttle's ground processing telemetry stream. The application, the NASA Engineering Shuttle Telemetry Agent, increases situational awareness for system and hardware engineers during ground processing of the Shuttle's subsystems. The agent provides autonomous monitoring of the telemetry stream and automatically alerts system engineers when predefined criteria have been met. Efficiency and safety are improved through increased automation. Sandia National Labs' Java Expert System Shell is employed as the rule engine. The shell's predicate logic lends itself well to capturing the heuristics and specifying the engineering rules of this spaceport domain. The declarative paradigm of the rule-based agent yields a highly modular and scalable design spanning multiple subsystems of the Shuttle. Several hundred monitoring rules have been written thus far with corresponding notifications sent to Shuttle engineers. This paper discusses the rule-based telemetry agent used for Space Shuttle ground processing and explains the problem domain, development of the agent software, benefits of AI technology, and deployment and sustaining engineering of the product.

BibTeX:

@article{Semmel-2006-AIMagazine,
author = "G.S. Semmel and S.R. Davis and K.W. Leucht and D.A. Rowe and K.E. Smith and L. B{\"o}l{\"o}ni",
title = "{NESTA}: {NASA} Engineering Shuttle Telemetry Agent",
year = "2006",
volume = "27",
number = "3",
journal = "AI Magazine",
pages = "25-35",
abstract = {
  The Spaceport Processing Systems Branch at NASA Kennedy Space Center has
  developed and deployed an agent based tool to monitor the Space Shuttle's
  ground processing telemetry stream. The application, the NASA Engineering
  Shuttle Telemetry Agent, increases situational awareness for system and
  hardware engineers during ground processing of the Shuttle's subsystems. The
  agent provides autonomous monitoring of the telemetry stream and
  automatically alerts system engineers when predefined criteria have been met.
  Efficiency and safety are improved through increased automation.
  Sandia National Labs' Java Expert System Shell is employed as the rule
  engine. The shell's predicate logic lends itself well to capturing the
  heuristics and specifying the engineering rules of this spaceport domain. The
  declarative paradigm of the rule-based agent yields a highly modular and
  scalable design spanning multiple subsystems of the Shuttle. Several hundred
  monitoring rules have been written thus far with corresponding notifications
  sent to Shuttle engineers. This paper discusses the rule-based telemetry
  agent used for Space Shuttle ground processing and explains the problem
  domain, development of the agent software, benefits of AI technology, and
  deployment and sustaining engineering of the product.
 },
}

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