The search for life beyond Earth through fuzzy expert systems

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 56, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 448-472

  Furfaro, R ^a   Dohm, J M ^b   Fink, W ^c   Kargel, J ^b   Schulze Makuch, D ^d   Fairen A G ^e   Palmero Rodriguez, A ^g   Baker, V R ^b   Ferre P T ^b   Hare, T M ^f   Tarbell, M A ^c   Miyamoto, H ^g   Komatsu, G ^h  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^f U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Astrobiology; Autonomous planetary reconnaissance; Fuzzy logic; Robotic planetary exploration; Search for life; Tier scalable mission autonomy

Indexed keywords

EXPERT SYSTEMS; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; ROBOTICS; SPACE RESEARCH;

AUTONOMOUS PLANETARY RECONNAISSANCE; ROBOTIC PLANETARY EXPLORATION; TIER-SCALABLE MISSION AUTONOMY;

FUZZY LOGIC;

EID: 39449105721     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2007.09.006     Document Type: Article

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