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THE BAYESIAN DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM (BDS) IS PROPOSED AS THE CENTRAL INFERENCE ENGINE OF AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SYSTEM (EXPERT SYSTEM) FOR REACTOR PLANT CONTROL AND MAINTENANCE. THE EXPERT SYSTEM, COPILOT, IS ALREADY UNDER DEVELOPMENT AT PLG UNDER LIMITED IN-HOUSE FUNDING. THE EXISTING WORK INVOLVES DEVELOPMENT OF THE "DOMAIN KNOWLEDGE BASE" OF POWER PLANT SYSTEMS, PROCEDURES, AND ANALYSIS RESULTS ...

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ACETYLENE-TERMINATED RESINS ARE ONE OF SEVERAL CANDIDATE POLYMERIC MATERIALS BEING DEVELOPED FOR POTENTIAL AEROSPACE APPLICATIONS. THE ACETYLENE-TERMINATED RESINS POSSESS PROPERTIES REQUIRED FOR THE PROPOSED APPLICATIONS SUCH AS TEMPERATURE, MOISTURE, AND SHEAR INSENSITIVITY. THE LIMITING FACTOR FOR THE COMMERCIAL MANUFACTURE OF THESE RESINS IN A COST-EFFECTIVE METHOD FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF AN ESSEN ...

THE BIOCHEMICAL AND SYNTHETIC CAPACITY OF HIGHER PLANTS, AS SHOWN BY THEIR NATURAL CONTENT OF SUBSTANCES, HAS BEEN USED FOR CENTURIES IN SUPPLYING MATERIALS IMPORTANT IN PHARMACOLOGY AND IN FLAVORS AND FRAGRANCES. MANY OF THESE SECONDARY PRODUCTS ARE IN SHORT SUPPLY AND AN ENORMOUS EFFORT HAS TO BE EXTENDED TO GET THEM. ATTEMPTS TO USE CELL CULTURES OF HIGHER PLANTS AS A MEANS OF PRODUCING SECONDA ...

SINCE THEIR DISCOVERY NEUTRONS HAVE REMAINED ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT FORMS OF RADIATION TO DETECT. THE MOST EFFECTIVE NEUTRON DETECTORS IN CURRENT USE ARE GAS FILLED DETECTORS EMPLOYING EITHER 3HE OR BF3 AS THE DETECTION MEDIUM. UNFORTUNATELY, GAS FILLED DETECTORS SUFFER FROM A NUMBER OF DEFICIENCIES INCLUDING LARGE SIZE (GASES HAVE LOW VOLUMETRIC EFFICIENCY FOR STOPPING NEUTRONS), MECHANICAL FR ...

ONE OF THE MOST OUTSTANDING FABRICS FOR THE PROTECTION OF PERSONNEL WITH RESPECT TO EXPOSURE TO DIRECT FLAME AND YET HAS THE FEEL OF A SOFT TEXTILE IS COMPOSED OF OXIDIZED POLYACRYLONITRILE FIBER (OPF). HOWEVER OPF FABRICS HAVE LACKED SUFFICIENT ABRASION RESISTANCE FOR USE IN PROTECTIVE CLOTHING. THE NAVY CLOTHING AND TEXTILE RESEARCH CENTER (Z. KUPFERMAN AND M. ROY) HAS DEMONSTRATED THE OPF FABRI ...

THIS PROPOSAL DESCRIBES A NEW METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE REFRACTIVE INDEX AND EXTINCTION COEFFICIENT OF OPTICAL MATERIALS. THIS METHOD IS AN OPTO-ELECTRONIC METHOD, IS COMPLETELY AUTOMATED, EXTREMELY FAST AND IS CAPABLE OF OBTAINING ACCURACIES AND RESOLUTIONS COMPARABLE WITH PRISM SPECTROMETERS. THIS MEASUREMENT METHOD IS CALLED ABSORPTIONDIGITAL REFRACTOMETRY. THE MOST ACCURATE METHOD AT PRESENT ...

THE OBJECTIVE IS TO DEVELOP ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) FOR INCREASING MANUFACTURING CAPABILITIES. A CASE-BASED REASONING (CBR) APPROACH TO KNOWLEDGE ELICITATION IS PROPOSED AS A SENSITIVE AND EFFECTIVE STRATEGY TO DERIVE AND REPRESENT THE CRITICAL KNOWLEDGE. PHASE I WILL DEMONSTRATE THE FEASIBILITY OF USING A CBR APPROACH TO DEVELOPING AN AI KNOWLDGE-BASED SYSTEM TO IMPROVE MANUFACTURING. CASE-B ...

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