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WE PROPOSE THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN INNOVATIVE NEUROCONTROLLER THAT GENERATES TRAJECTORIES WHICH REDUCE PLASMA EFFECTS ON THE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM OF THE NASP. WE WILL MODEL PLASMA SHEATH GENERATION AND INCORPORATE THIS MODEL INTO A GHAME FLIGHT SIMULATOR ON A SILICON GRAPHICS WORKSTATION. THIS MODEL WILL THEN BE USED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CONTROLLER AND SUITABLE ADAPTATION LAWS. COST FUNCTIONS W ...

THIS PROPOSAL INVOLVES RESEARCH INTO A SUPERCOMPUTER-BASED ENVIRONMENT FOR RESEARCH INTO MASSIVELY PARALLEL NEURAL-NETWORK ALGORITHMS FOR LARGE SCALE, COMPUTATIONALLY INTENSE PROBLEMS. THIS ENVIRONMENT WILL HAVE APPLICATION TO AREAS SUCH AS IMAGE PROCESSING, PATTERN RECOGNITION, CONTROL SIGNAL PROCESSING, DATA COMPRESSION, AND FAULT DIAGNOSIS. ALL OF THESE ARE AREAS WHICH INVOLVE MASSIVE AMOUNTS O ...

The study of neural networks which possess the capability to learn and grow with little or no supervision will be explored during this research effort. These networks exhibit ontogenic behavior and are termed ontogenic neural networks. This reasearch effort explores the use of hybrid neural network structures which are capable of self-organization, feature discovery and self generation in a compos ...

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U.S. production of Halons will decrease from 28 million lbs in 1988 to zero in 1995 to meet the U.S. commitments to the Montreal Protocol. A major use of Halon 1301 is as a fire suppression flooding agent. The use of fine water mists from two-fluid atomizing nozzles is proposed as a replacement for Halon 1301 fire suppression systems, especially for Class B fuel fires. The optimum droplet size and ...

THE EMISSION OF HALOGEN CONTAINING POLLUTANTS FROM A VARIETY OF POWER GENERATING, WASTE PROCESSING, CHEMICAL PRODUCTION, AND SOLVENT USING INDUSTRIES IS AN ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERN OF MAJOR SIGNIFICANCE. INORGANIC HALOGEN SPECIES, INCLUDING HYDROGEN CHLORIDE AND HYDROGEN FLUORIDE, REPRESENT MAJOR POTENTIAL HEALTH THREATS TO BOTH HUMAN, ANIMAL, AND PLANT COMMUNITIES. ORGANIC HALOGENATED COMPOUNDS (HOC ...

DOE IS DEVELOPING A NUMBER OF ADVANCED COAL CONVERSION PROCESSES THAT OPERATE AT HIGH TEMPERATURES AND PRESSURES. THE COAL THAT IS CONVERTED IN THESE PROCESSES PRODUCES A VARIETY OF CONTAMINANTS. THESE CONTAMINANTS NEED TO BE REMOVED FROM THE HOTGAS STREAM IN ORDER FOR THEPROCESS TO OPERATE AT MAXIMUM EFFICIENCY. VOLATILE METALS CONSTITUTE A FAMILY OF COMPOUNDS FOUND IN THESE GAS STREAMS THAT WILL ...