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FASTER - A tool for DSN forecasting and schedulingFASTER (Forecasting And Scheduling Tool for Earth-based Resources) is a suite of tools designed for forecasting and scheduling JPL's Deep Space Network (DSN). The DSN is a set of antennas and other associated resources that must be scheduled for satellite communications, astronomy, maintenance, and testing. FASTER consists of MS-Windows based programs that replace two existing programs (RALPH and PC4CAST). FASTER was designed to be more flexible, maintainable, and user friendly. FASTER makes heavy use of commercial software to allow for customization by users. FASTER implements scheduling as a two pass process: the first pass calculates a predictive profile of resource utilization; the second pass uses this information to calculate a cost function used in a dynamic programming optimization step. This information allows the scheduler to 'look ahead' at activities that are not as yet scheduled. FASTER has succeeded in allowing wider access to data and tools, reducing the amount of effort expended and increasing the quality of analysis.
Document ID
19940034774
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Werntz, David
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Loyola, Steven
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Zendejas, Silvino
(JPL Pasadena, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 16, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1993
Publication Information
Publication: In: AIAA Computing in Aerospace Conference, 9th, San Diego, CA, Oct. 19-21, 1993, Technical Papers. Pt. 1 (A94-11401 01-62)
Publisher: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Subject Category
Computer Programming And Software
Report/Patent Number
AIAA PAPER 93-4500
Accession Number
94A11429
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other

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