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A HYBRID NEURAL NETWORK/EXPERT SYSTEM ENVIRONMENT
THE INTEGRATION OF ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS (ANNS) AND KNOWLEDGE-BASED EXPERT SYSTEMS IS AN IDEAL STEP IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS. IN GENERAL, THE TWO METHODS COMPLEMENT EACH OTHER, WITH THE ANNS PROVIDING SOFT CONSTRAINTS AND EXPERT SYSTEMS, HARD CONSTRAINTS. SPECIFICALLY, ANNS PERFORM NONLINEAR FUNCTIONS, PATTERN RECOGNITION, FAULT TOLERANCE, AND PARALLEL PROCESSING; EXPERT SYSTEMS INVOLVE LANGUAGE PROCESSING, FORMAL LOGIC, AND RULE INTERPRETATION. THE HYBRID COMBINATION OF ANNS ANDEXPERT SYSTEMS WILL FACILITATE THE AUTOMATION OF VARIOUS SPACE STATION APPLICATIONS WHILE PROVIDING UNSUPERVISED ADAPTABILITY AND REAL-TIME FUNCTIONALITY. THIS PROJECT WILL IDENTIFY AND DEVELOP BASELINE ARCHITECTURE AND REQUIREMENTS SPECIFICATION FOR THE INTEGRATION OF NEURAL NETWORKS AND OF EXPERT SYSTEMS TO FORM A HYBRID SOFTWARE ENVIRONMENT. ADDITIONALLY, STRATEGIES FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS WITHIN THE HYBRID ENVIRONMENT WILL BE INVESTIGATED FOR SPACE STATION CONTROL AND SENSOR MONITORING APPLICATIONS. THE INTEGRATION OF ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS (ANNS) AND KNOWLEDGE-BASED EXPERT SYSTEMS IS AN IDEAL STEP IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS. IN GENERAL, THE TWO METHODS COMPLEMENT EACH OTHER, WITH THE ANNS PROVIDING SOFT CONSTRAINTS AND EXPERT SYSTEMS, HARD CONSTRAINTS. SPECIFICALLY, ANNS PERFORM NONLINEAR FUNCTIONS, PATTERN RECOGNITION, FAULT TOLERANCE, AND PARALLEL PROCESSING; EXPERT SYSTEMS INVOLVE LANGUAGE PROCESSING, FORMAL LOGIC, AND RULE INTERPRETATION. THE HYBRID COMBINATION OF ANNS ANDEXPERT SYSTEMS WILL FACILITATE THE AUTOMATION OF VARIOUS SPACE STATION APPLICATIONS WHILE PROVIDING UNSUPERVISED ADAPTABILITY AND REAL-TIME FUNCTIONALITY. THIS PROJECT WILL IDENTIFY AND DEVELOP BASELINE ARCHITECTURE AND REQUIREMENTS SPECIFICATION FOR THE INTEGRATION OF NEURAL NETWORKS AND OF EXPERT SYSTEMS TO FORM A HYBRID SOFTWARE ENVIRONMENT. ADDITIONALLY, STRATEGIES FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS WITHIN THE HYBRID ENVIRONMENT WILL BE INVESTIGATED FOR SPACE STATION CONTROL AND SENSOR MONITORING APPLICATIONS.
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