Title :
Agent Technologies for Space Applications: The DAFA Experience
Author :
Amigoni, Francesco ; Brambilla, Andrea ; Lavagna, Michèle ; Blake, Rick ; Le Duc, Ian ; Page, Jonathan ; Page, Oliver ; de la Rosa Steinz, S. ; Steel, Robin ; Wijnands, Quirien
Author_Institution :
Politec. di Milano, Milano, Italy
fDate :
Aug. 31 2010-Sept. 3 2010
Abstract :
The Distributed Agents For Autonomy (DAFA) study has been performed for ESA/ESTEC by SciSys UK Ltd, VEGA, and Politecnico di Milano in 2008-2009. The aim of DAFA study has been to examine the application of distributed agent technology to increase the overall performance of a space mission. It is important to note that the distribution should be seen on a system level, including both earth- and space-based agents. From an analysis of past, present, and future space missions, the ExoMars mission was identified as a mission where the application of agent technology seemed profitable. After analysis of different agent frameworks, JADE was chosen to develop a software prototype for a scenario based on an ExoMars-like mission. This demonstrator has been used to highlight the advantages of a DAFA approach for the definition of the mission architecture.
Keywords :
aerospace computing; multi-agent systems; planning (artificial intelligence); DAFA Experience; ExoMars mission; JADE; Politecnico di Milano; SciSys UK Ltd; VEGA; distributed agent technology; distributed agents for autonomy; software prototype; space applications; Earth; Mars; Planning; Relays; Space missions; Space vehicles; ExoMars; JADE; autonomous agents; space operations;
Conference_Titel :
Web Intelligence and Intelligent Agent Technology (WI-IAT), 2010 IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Toronto, ON
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8482-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-0-7695-4191-4
DOI :
10.1109/WI-IAT.2010.207
