A rule-based system for localization of water on the surface of Mars

Proceedings - International Conference on Information Technology: Coding and Computing, ITCC 2001

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 662-667

  Hashemi, R R ^a   Jin, Lei ^a   Jones, S ^a   Owens, D ^a   Anderson, G ^a  

^a University of Arkansas at Little Rock ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Mars surface scanning; Obstacle handling; Positioning system; Rule based system; Simulation; Water detection function

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS;

MARS SURFACES; OBSTACLE HANDLING; POSITIONING SYSTEM; SIMULATION; WATER DETECTION;

COMPUTER SCIENCE;

EID: 84961827187     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ITCC.2001.918873     Document Type: Conference Paper

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