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author Hazelton, Lyman R.
author2 Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Flight Transportation Laboratory
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description January 24, 1991
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spelling mit-1721.1/680912019-04-12T15:08:20Z An expert system for temporal planning with an application to runway configuration management Hazelton, Lyman R. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Flight Transportation Laboratory Airports Expert systems (Computer science) Runways (Aeronautics) Traffic control Mathematical models January 24, 1991 Also issued as a Ph. D. thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1991 Includes bibliographical references (p. 100-105) This thesis describes an expert system to aid in the management of operations in complex qualitative domains characterized by multiple parallel activities with time-critical relationships. An extension to "standard" temporal logic required for reasoning about inferred allocation of resources and a detailed representation of temporally dependent facts, including persistence, is presented. The non-linear planning paradigm commonly used in planning programs is extended into the temporal domain to facilitate scheduling as well as ordering of plan steps. This enhancement requires new structures and analytical methods for the detection and resolution of serendipitous interactions and conflicts between proposed schedules. A computer implementation of these concepts is discussed in detail. The expert system is organized into three modules: the time map manager or temporal database manager which stores, organizes, and retrieves time dependent knowledge; the temporal system analyzer which uses this knowledge to forecast and analyze domain dynamics; and the planner/scheduler which formulates and schedules activities in order to satisfy goals generated by the temporal system analyzer. Finally, Tower Chief, an application of the system to scheduling runway configuration changes and maintenance at large airports, is described. Research supported by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration 2012-01-06T22:22:35Z 2012-01-06T22:22:35Z 1991 Technical Report 24101859 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/68091 FTL report (Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Flight Transportation Laboratory) ; R91-1 105 p application/pdf Cambridge, Mass. : Flight Transportation Laboratory, Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, [1991]
spellingShingle Airports
Expert systems (Computer science)
Runways (Aeronautics)
Traffic control
Mathematical models
Hazelton, Lyman R.
An expert system for temporal planning with an application to runway configuration management
title An expert system for temporal planning with an application to runway configuration management
title_full An expert system for temporal planning with an application to runway configuration management
title_fullStr An expert system for temporal planning with an application to runway configuration management
title_full_unstemmed An expert system for temporal planning with an application to runway configuration management
title_short An expert system for temporal planning with an application to runway configuration management
title_sort expert system for temporal planning with an application to runway configuration management
topic Airports
Expert systems (Computer science)
Runways (Aeronautics)
Traffic control
Mathematical models
url http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/68091
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