Title :
Nightwatch: a telescope observation scheduler using constraint satisfaction with delayed evaluation
Author :
Spragg, J.E. ; Smith, B.M.
Author_Institution :
Div. of AI, Sch. of Comput. Studies, Leeds Univ., UK
fDate :
6/10/1993 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Telescopes are a scarce resource, the demand for telescope time, from the various astronomic institutions around the world, is far greater than the actual amount of observation time available. The program Nightwatch is a tactical planning tool, developed for the Royal Greenwich Observatory designed to assist astronomers in scheduling a set of observations-of stars, galaxies, etc.-to be viewed over a number of sequential nights by a duty astronomer, or the period of stay of a visiting astronomer to a remote site
Keywords :
astronomical techniques; astronomy computing; constraint theory; scheduling; Nightwatch; Royal Greenwich Observatory; astronomy computing; constraint satisfaction; delayed evaluation; duty astronomer; observation time; observing timetable; program; schedule; sequential nights; tactical planning tool; telescope observation scheduler; telescope time; visiting astronomer;
Conference_Titel :
Resource Scheduling for Large Scale Planning Systems, IEE Colloquium on
Conference_Location :
London
