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Expert-system approach to large space-systems control. Technical report, September 1987-October 1988

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6249879
The purpose of this project was to develop a technique that will reduce the need for high-fidelity models for the control synthesis process, provide a robust control implementation, and relieve computational burdens by utilizing artificial-intelligence techniques, notably expert systems, to implement control systems for large SDI space systems. Extending an earlier proof-of-concept investigation, this research proceeds beyond simple control laws, low bandwidths, and exact pattern encoding/matching approaches to include modern control laws, higher bandwidths, and partial match-inferencing procedures. Three control implementations, Direct-Velocity Feedback, Independent Modal Space Control, and an Expert-System Controller were developed and various simulations performed to verify and compare performance. The primary finding is that an ESC has performance comparable to the numeric approaches and has a superior performance when there are changes in the system being controlled. That is, an ESC indeed demonstrates a robust control implementation.
Research Organization:
Generay Research Corp., McLean, VA (USA)
OSTI ID:
6249879
Report Number(s):
AD-A-204460/0/XAB
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English