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Abstract

This article describes the Deep Space Network Antenna Operations Planner (DPLAN)|a system that automatically generates tracking plans for operations of DSN antennas. DPLAN accepts as input the current equipment configuration information and a set of requested antenna track services. The system then uses a knowledge base of antenna operations procedures to produce a plan of activities that will provide the requested services using the allocated equipment. DPLAN produces this plan using an integration of artificial intelligence (AI) techniques, specifically, hierarchical task network (HTN) and operator-based planning. In this article, we describe the antenna automation problem, the DPLAN system for automatic generation of track plans, DPLAN’s current deployment status, and planned future work.

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Volume
42-130
Published
August 15, 1997
Pages
1–17
File Size
288.9 KB