Autonomy Requirements Engineering For Space Missions

Author : Emil Vassev,Mike Hinchey
Publisher : Springer
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2014-08-27
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783319098166

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Autonomy Requirements Engineering for Space Missions by Emil Vassev,Mike Hinchey Pdf

Advanced space exploration is performed by unmanned missions with integrated autonomy in both flight and ground systems. Risk and feasibility are major factors supporting the use of unmanned craft and the use of automation and robotic technologies where possible. Autonomy in space helps to increase the amount of science data returned from missions, perform new science, and reduce mission costs. Elicitation and expression of autonomy requirements is one of the most significant challenges the autonomous spacecraft engineers need to overcome today. This book discusses the Autonomy Requirements Engineering (ARE) approach, intended to help software engineers properly elicit, express, verify, and validate autonomy requirements. Moreover, a comprehensive state-of-the-art of software engineering for aerospace is presented to outline the problems handled by ARE along with a proof-of-concept case study on the ESA's BepiColombo Mission demonstrating the ARE’s ability to handle autonomy requirements.

Author : Walt Truszkowski,Harold Hallock,Christopher Rouff,Jay Karlin,James Rash,Michael Hinchey,Roy Sterritt
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2009-11-12
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781846282331

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Autonomous and Autonomic Systems: With Applications to NASA Intelligent Spacecraft Operations and Exploration Systems by Walt Truszkowski,Harold Hallock,Christopher Rouff,Jay Karlin,James Rash,Michael Hinchey,Roy Sterritt Pdf

In the early 1990s, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center started researching and developing autonomous and autonomic ground and spacecraft control systems for future NASA missions. This research started by experimenting with and developing expert systems to automate ground station software and reduce the number of people needed to control a spacecraft. This was followed by research into agent-based technology to develop autonomous ground c- trol and spacecraft. Research into this area has now evolved into using the concepts of autonomic systems to make future space missions self-managing and giving them a high degree of survivability in the harsh environments in which they operate. This book describes much of the results of this research. In addition, it aimstodiscusstheneededsoftwaretomakefutureNASAspacemissionsmore completelyautonomousandautonomic.Thecoreofthesoftwareforthesenew missions has been written for other applications or is being applied gradually in current missions, or is in current development. It is intended that this book should document how NASA missions are becoming more autonomous and autonomic and should point to the way of making future missions highly - tonomous and autonomic. What is not covered is the supporting hardware of these missions or the intricate software that implements orbit and at- tude determination, on-board resource allocation, or planning and scheduling (though we refer to these technologies and give references for the interested reader).

Author : Dayi Wang,Maodeng Li,Xiangyu Huang,Xiaowen Zhang
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2020-07-31
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789811548796

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Spacecraft Autonomous Navigation Technologies Based on Multi-source Information Fusion by Dayi Wang,Maodeng Li,Xiangyu Huang,Xiaowen Zhang Pdf

This book introduces readers to the fundamentals of estimation and dynamical system theory, and their applications in the field of multi-source information fused autonomous navigation for spacecraft. The content is divided into two parts: theory and application. The theory part (Part I) covers the mathematical background of navigation algorithm design, including parameter and state estimate methods, linear fusion, centralized and distributed fusion, observability analysis, Monte Carlo technology, and linear covariance analysis. In turn, the application part (Part II) focuses on autonomous navigation algorithm design for different phases of deep space missions, which involves multiple sensors, such as inertial measurement units, optical image sensors, and pulsar detectors. By concentrating on the relationships between estimation theory and autonomous navigation systems for spacecraft, the book bridges the gap between theory and practice. A wealth of helpful formulas and various types of estimators are also included to help readers grasp basic estimation concepts and offer them a ready-reference guide.

Author : Tiziana Margaria,Bernhard Steffen
Publisher : Springer
Page : 974 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2016-10-05
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783319471662

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Leveraging Applications of Formal Methods, Verification and Validation: Foundational Techniques by Tiziana Margaria,Bernhard Steffen Pdf

The two-volume set LNCS 9952 and LNCS 9953 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 7th International Symposium on Leveraging Applications of Formal Methods, Verification and Validation, ISoLA 2016, held in Imperial, Corfu, Greece, in October 2016. The papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected for inclusion in the proceedings. Featuring a track introduction to each section, the papers are organized in topical sections named: statistical model checking; evaluation and reproducibility of program analysis and verification; ModSyn-PP: modular synthesis of programs and processes; semantic heterogeneity in the formal development of complex systems; static and runtime verification: competitors or friends?; rigorous engineering of collective adaptive systems; correctness-by-construction and post-hoc verification: friends or foes?; privacy and security issues in information systems; towards a unified view of modeling and programming; formal methods and safety certification: challenges in the railways domain; RVE: runtime verification and enforcement, the (industrial) application perspective; variability modeling for scalable software evolution; detecting and understanding software doping; learning systems: machine-learning in software products and learning-based analysis of software systems; testing the internet of things; doctoral symposium; industrial track; RERS challenge; and STRESS.

Author : Eric Feron
Publisher : Springer
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2015-09-16
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783662476949

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Advances in Control System Technology for Aerospace Applications by Eric Feron Pdf

This book is devoted to Control System Technology applied to aerospace and covers the four disciplines Cognitive Engineering, Computer Science, Operations Research, and Servo-Mechanisms. This edited book follows a workshop held at the Georgia Institute of Technology in June 2012, where the today's most important aerospace challenges, including aerospace autonomy, safety-critical embedded software engineering, and modern air transportation were discussed over the course of two days of intense interactions among leading aerospace engineers and scientists. Its content provide a snapshot of today's aerospace control research and its future, including Autonomy in space applications, Control in space applications, Autonomy in aeronautical applications, Air transportation, and Safety-critical software engineering.

Author : Matthes Elstermann,Anke Dittmar,Matthias Lederer
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2023-07-31
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783031402135

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Subject-Oriented Business Process Management. Models for Designing Digital Transformations by Matthes Elstermann,Anke Dittmar,Matthias Lederer Pdf

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Subject-Oriented Business Process Management, S-BPM ONE 2023, held in Rostock, Germany, during May 31–June 1, 2023. The 10 full papers and 9 short papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 24 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: management issues and people; development and requirements; modeling, technology and infrastructure.

Author : Mike Hinchey
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2018-07-09
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781119174233

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Software Technology by Mike Hinchey Pdf

A comprehensive collection of influential articles from one of IEEE Computer magazine’s most popular columns This book is a compendium of extended and revised publications that have appeared in the “Software Technologies” column of IEEE Computer magazine, which covers key topics in software engineering such as software development, software correctness and related techniques, cloud computing, self-managing software and self-aware systems. Emerging properties of software technology are also discussed in this book, which will help refine the developing framework for creating the next generation of software technologies and help readers predict future developments and challenges in the field. Software Technology provides guidance on the challenges of developing software today and points readers to where the best advances are being made. Filled with one insightful article after another, the book serves to inform the conversation about the next wave of software technology advances and applications. In addition, the book: Introduces the software landscape and challenges associated with emerging technologies Covers the life cycle of software products, including concepts, requirements, development, testing, verification, evolution, and security Contains rewritten and updated articles by leaders in the software industry Covers both theoretical and practical topics Informative and thought-provoking throughout, Software Technology is a valuable book for everyone in the software engineering community that will inspire as much as it will teach all who flip through its pages.

Author : National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board,Committee on Autonomy Research for Civil Aviation
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2014-07-23
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780309306171

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Autonomy Research for Civil Aviation by National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board,Committee on Autonomy Research for Civil Aviation Pdf

The development and application of increasingly autonomous (IA) systems for civil aviation is proceeding at an accelerating pace, driven by the expectation that such systems will return significant benefits in terms of safety, reliability, efficiency, affordability, and/or previously unattainable mission capabilities. IA systems range from current automatic systems such as autopilots and remotely piloted unmanned aircraft to more highly sophisticated systems that are needed to enable a fully autonomous aircraft that does not require a pilot or human air traffic controllers. These systems, characterized by their ability to perform more complex mission-related tasks with substantially less human intervention for more extended periods of time, sometimes at remote distances, are being envisioned for aircraft and for air traffic management and other ground-based elements of the national airspace system. Civil aviation is on the threshold of potentially revolutionary improvements in aviation capabilities and operations associated with IA systems. These systems, however, face substantial barriers to integration into the national airspace system without degrading its safety or efficiency. Autonomy Research for Civil Aviation identifies key barriers and suggests major elements of a national research agenda to address those barriers and help realize the benefits that IA systems can make to crewed aircraft, unmanned aircraft systems, and ground-based elements of the national airspace system. This report develops a set of integrated and comprehensive technical goals and objectives of importance to the civil aeronautics community and the nation. Autonomy Research for Civil Aviation will be of interest to U.S. research organizations, industry, and academia who have a role in meeting these goals.

Author : Tiziana Margaria,Bernhard Steffen
Publisher : Springer
Page : 564 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2014-09-26
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783662452349

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Leveraging Applications of Formal Methods, Verification and Validation. Technologies for Mastering Change by Tiziana Margaria,Bernhard Steffen Pdf

The two-volume set LNCS 8802 and LNCS 8803 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on Leveraging Applications of Formal Methods, Verification and Validation, ISoLA 2014, held in Imperial, Corfu, Greece, in October 2014. The total of 67 full papers was carefully reviewed and selected for inclusion in the proceedings. Featuring a track introduction to each section, the papers are organized in topical sections named: evolving critical systems; rigorous engineering of autonomic ensembles; automata learning; formal methods and analysis in software product line engineering; model-based code generators and compilers; engineering virtualized systems; statistical model checking; risk-based testing; medical cyber-physical systems; scientific workflows; evaluation and reproducibility of program analysis; processes and data integration in the networked healthcare; semantic heterogeneity in the formal development of complex systems. In addition, part I contains a tutorial on automata learning in practice; as well as the preliminary manifesto to the LNCS Transactions on the Foundations for Mastering Change with several position papers. Part II contains information on the industrial track and the doctoral symposium and poster session.

Author : National Academy of Engineering
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 47 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2018-07-31
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780309478526

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Autonomy on Land and Sea and in the Air and Space by National Academy of Engineering Pdf

Autonomy is multidisciplinary, multicultural, and global in its development and applications. Autonomous vehicles rely on communications, artificial intelligence, sensors, virtual and enhanced reality, big data, security, and many other technologies. Each year the annual meeting of the National Academy of Engineering highlights an engineering theme that is quickly developing in the world. The theme of the 2017 meeting was autonomy on land and sea and in the air and space. This publication summarizes the presentations and discussions from the meeting.

Author : Phan Cong Vinh,Emil Vassev,Mike Hinchey
Publisher : Springer
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2015-01-23
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783319153926

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Nature of Computation and Communication by Phan Cong Vinh,Emil Vassev,Mike Hinchey Pdf

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the International Conference on Nature of Computation and Communication, ICTCC 2014, held in November 2014 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The 34 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from over 100 submissions. The papers cover formal methods for self-adaptive systems and discuss natural approaches and techniques for computation and communication.

Author : Charles Pecheur
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Computer software
ISBN : CHI:54124319

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Verification and Validation of Autonomy Software at NASA by Charles Pecheur Pdf

Author : National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2018-06-20
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1721567593

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Agent Based Software for the Autonomous Control of Formation Flying Spacecraft by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Pdf

Distributed satellite systems is an enabling technology for many future NASA/DoD earth and space science missions, such as MMS, MAXIM, Leonardo, and LISA [1, 2, 3]. While formation flying offers significant science benefits, to reduce the operating costs for these missions it will be essential that these multiple vehicles effectively act as a single spacecraft by performing coordinated observations. Autonomous guidance, navigation, and control as part of a coordinated fleet-autonomy is a key technology that will help accomplish this complex goal. This is no small task, as most current space missions require significant input from the ground for even relatively simple decisions such as thruster burns. Work for the NMP DS1 mission focused on the development of the New Millennium Remote Agent (NMRA) architecture for autonomous spacecraft control systems. NMRA integrates traditional real-time monitoring and control with components for constraint-based planning, robust multi-threaded execution, and model-based diagnosis and reconfiguration. The complexity of using an autonomous approach for space flight software was evident when most of its capabilities were stripped off prior to launch (although more capability was uplinked subsequently, and the resulting demonstration was very successful). How, Jonathan P. and Campbell, Mark and Dennehy, Neil (Technical Monitor) Goddard Space Flight Center MIT-OSP-6891850

Author : Kohei Arai
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 948 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2022-10-12
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783031184611

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Proceedings of the Future Technologies Conference (FTC) 2022, Volume 1 by Kohei Arai Pdf

The seventh Future Technologies Conference 2022 was organized in a hybrid mode. It received a total of 511 submissions from learned scholars, academicians, engineers, scientists and students across many countries. The papers included the wide arena of studies like Computing, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Vision, Ambient Intelligence and Security and their jaw- breaking application to the real world. After a double-blind peer review process 177 submissions have been selected to be included in these proceedings. One of the prominent contributions of this conference is the confluence of distinguished researchers who not only enthralled us by their priceless studies but also paved way for future area of research. The papers provide amicable solutions to many vexing problems across diverse fields. They also are a window to the future world which is completely governed by technology and its multiple applications. We hope that the readers find this volume interesting and inspiring and render their enthusiastic support towards it.

Author : Hussein A. Abbass,Jason Scholz,Darryn J. Reid
Publisher : Springer
Page : 395 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2018-01-15
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783319648163

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Foundations of Trusted Autonomy by Hussein A. Abbass,Jason Scholz,Darryn J. Reid Pdf

This book establishes the foundations needed to realize the ultimate goals for artificial intelligence, such as autonomy and trustworthiness. Aimed at scientists, researchers, technologists, practitioners, and students, it brings together contributions offering the basics, the challenges and the state-of-the-art on trusted autonomous systems in a single volume. The book is structured in three parts, with chapters written by eminent researchers and outstanding practitioners and users in the field. The first part covers foundational artificial intelligence technologies, while the second part covers philosophical, practical and technological perspectives on trust. Lastly, the third part presents advanced topics necessary to create future trusted autonomous systems. The book augments theory with real-world applications including cyber security, defence and space.