Technical Paper
Integrating the Autonomous Subsystems Management Process
1992-08-03
929097
The Space Station Module Power Management and Distribution (SSM/PMAD) testbed system uses cooperating expert systems to autonomously manage the power distribution process. There are several cooperating expert systems continually interacting to provide this management. Whenever other subsystems activities are considered, they also must provide either portions of or complete autonomous management elements which can interact with other subsystems. This poses two problems. First, how do the subsystems agree on an acceptable level of performance; and, second, how do the autonomous management elements determine relative levels of importance amongst each other. Martin Marietta, through its independent research, and under contract to NASA George C. Marshall Space Flight Center since 1985, is continuing the development of these technologies and methodologies for use in the SSM/PMAD and other platforms for automation.
