Automated global feature analyzer - A driver for tier-scalable reconnaissance

IEEE Aerospace Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Fink, Wolfgang ^a   Datta, Ankur ^b   Dohm, James M ^c   Tarbell, Mark A ^a   Jobling, Farrah M ^d   Furfaro, Roberto ^e   Kargel, Jeffrey S ^c   Schulze Makuch, Dirk ^f   Baker, Victor R ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e University of Arizona   (United States)

^f WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MANNED SPACE FLIGHT; ROBOTICS;

COGNITIVE CAPABILITIES; GLOBAL FEATURES; PLANETARY BODIES;

INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT;

EID: 44349093471     PISSN: 1095323X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/AERO.2008.4526422     Document Type: Conference Paper

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