Parallel Ada implementation of a multiple-model Kalman-filter tracking system: a software engineering approach. Master's thesis

Technical Report · Wed Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 1989

OSTI ID:5937874

Lemanski, W J

The success of the Strategic Defense Initiative depends directly on significant advances in both computer hardware and software development technologies. Parallel architectures and the Ada programming language have advantages that make them candidates for use in SDI command and control computer systems. This thesis examines those advantages in the context of an SDI-type application: implementation of a Kalman-filter tracking system. This research consists of three parts. The first is a set of software engineering guidelines developed for use in creating parallel designs suitable for implementation in Ada. These guidelines cover the design process from initial problem analysis to final detailed design. Methods of problem decomposition are discussed, as are language partitioning strategies. Justification is provided for using the Ada task construct for process boundaries, and Ada multitasking design issues are reviewed. A parallel software design methodology is also described.

• Research Organization: Air Force Inst. of Tech., Wright-Patterson AFB, OH (USA). School of Engineering
• OSTI ID: 5937874
• Report Number(s): AD-A-206094/5/XAB; AFIT/GCS/ENG-89M-2
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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