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A HYBRID NEURAL NETWORK/EXPERT SYSTEM ENVIRONMENT

Award Information

Agency:
National Aeronautics and Space Administration 		Branch:
N/A 		Award ID:
16943 		Program Year/Program:
1991 / SBIR
Agency Tracking Number:
16943 		Solicitation Year:
N/A 		Solicitation Topic Code:
N/A 		Solicitation Number:
N/A
Small Business Information
Charles River Analytics Inc.
625 Mount Auburn Street Cambridge, MA 02138-4555
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Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No
 
Phase 1
Fiscal Year: 1991
Title: A HYBRID NEURAL NETWORK/EXPERT SYSTEM ENVIRONMENT
Agency: NASA
Contract: N/A
Award Amount: $50,000.00
 

Abstract:

THE INTEGRATION OF ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS (ANNS) AND KNOWLEDGE-BASED EXPERT SYSTEMS IS AN IDEAL STEP IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS. IN GENERAL, THE TWO METHODS COMPLEMENT EACH OTHER, WITH THE ANNS PROVIDING SOFT CONSTRAINTS AND EXPERT SYSTEMS, HARD CONSTRAINTS. SPECIFICALLY, ANNS PERFORM NONLINEAR FUNCTIONS, PATTERN RECOGNITION, FAULT TOLERANCE, AND PARALLEL PROCESSING; EXPERT SYSTEMS INVOLVE LANGUAGE PROCESSING, FORMAL LOGIC, AND RULE INTERPRETATION. THE HYBRID COMBINATION OF ANNS ANDEXPERT SYSTEMS WILL FACILITATE THE AUTOMATION OF VARIOUS SPACE STATION APPLICATIONS WHILE PROVIDING UNSUPERVISED ADAPTABILITY AND REAL-TIME FUNCTIONALITY. THIS PROJECT WILL IDENTIFY AND DEVELOP BASELINE ARCHITECTURE AND REQUIREMENTS SPECIFICATION FOR THE INTEGRATION OF NEURAL NETWORKS AND OF EXPERT SYSTEMS TO FORM A HYBRID SOFTWARE ENVIRONMENT. ADDITIONALLY, STRATEGIES FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS WITHIN THE HYBRID ENVIRONMENT WILL BE INVESTIGATED FOR SPACE STATION CONTROL AND SENSOR MONITORING APPLICATIONS. THE INTEGRATION OF ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS (ANNS) AND KNOWLEDGE-BASED EXPERT SYSTEMS IS AN IDEAL STEP IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS. IN GENERAL, THE TWO METHODS COMPLEMENT EACH OTHER, WITH THE ANNS PROVIDING SOFT CONSTRAINTS AND EXPERT SYSTEMS, HARD CONSTRAINTS. SPECIFICALLY, ANNS PERFORM NONLINEAR FUNCTIONS, PATTERN RECOGNITION, FAULT TOLERANCE, AND PARALLEL PROCESSING; EXPERT SYSTEMS INVOLVE LANGUAGE PROCESSING, FORMAL LOGIC, AND RULE INTERPRETATION. THE HYBRID COMBINATION OF ANNS ANDEXPERT SYSTEMS WILL FACILITATE THE AUTOMATION OF VARIOUS SPACE STATION APPLICATIONS WHILE PROVIDING UNSUPERVISED ADAPTABILITY AND REAL-TIME FUNCTIONALITY. THIS PROJECT WILL IDENTIFY AND DEVELOP BASELINE ARCHITECTURE AND REQUIREMENTS SPECIFICATION FOR THE INTEGRATION OF NEURAL NETWORKS AND OF EXPERT SYSTEMS TO FORM A HYBRID SOFTWARE ENVIRONMENT. ADDITIONALLY, STRATEGIES FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS WITHIN THE HYBRID ENVIRONMENT WILL BE INVESTIGATED FOR SPACE STATION CONTROL AND SENSOR MONITORING APPLICATIONS.

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Small Business Information at Submission:

Charles River Analytics Inc
55 Wheeler St Cambridge, MA 02138

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DUNS: N/A
Number of Employees: N/A
Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No