Asteroid exploration with autonomic systems

Proceedings - 11th IEEE International Conference and Workshop on the Engineering of Computer-Based Systems, ECBS 2004

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 484-489

  Truszkowski, Walt ^a   Rash, James ^a   Rouff, Christopher ^b   Hinchey, Mike ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Agent; Asteroid; Autonomic; Autonomy; Spacecraft

Indexed keywords

AGENT; ASTEROIDS; AUTONOMOUS NANO TECHNOLOGY SWARM (ANTS); AUTONOMY;

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; DATA REDUCTION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTIMIZATION; ROBOTICS; SPACE RESEARCH; SPACECRAFT;

AUTONOMOUS AGENTS;

EID: 7744235344     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ECBS.2004.1316737     Document Type: Conference Paper

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