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Design of Flight Vehicle Management SystemsAs the operation of large systems becomes ever more dependent on extensive automation, the need for an effective solution to the problem of design and validation of the underlying software becomes more critical. Large systems possess much detailed structure, typically hierarchical, and they are hybrid. Information processing at the top of the hierarchy is by means of formal logic and sentences; on the bottom it is by means of simple scalar differential equations and functions of time; and in the middle it is by an interacting mix of nonlinear multi-axis differential equations and automata, and functions of time and discrete events. The lecture will address the overall problem as it relates to flight vehicle management, describe the middle level, and offer a design approach that is based on Differential Geometry and Discrete Event Dynamic Systems Theory.
Document ID
20020005836
Acquisition Source
Ames Research Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Meyer, George
(NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA United States)
Aiken, Edwin W.
Date Acquired
August 20, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1994
Subject Category
Aircraft Design, Testing And Performance
Meeting Information
Meeting: 33rd IEEE CDC Meeting
Location: Lake Buena Vista, FL
Country: United States
Start Date: December 12, 1994
End Date: December 14, 1994
Sponsors: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Funding Number(s)
PROJECT: RTOP 505-64-52
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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