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16 matches · Computer Programming And Software
- NASA NTRS 2022 JSC Conference Paper
International Space Station Bipropellant Plume Contamination Model update for short thruster pulse widths
The International Space Station (ISS) Bipropellant Plume Contamination Model has been a vital tool for characterizing the thruster plume-induced contamination environment at the ISS but was not intended to be used for ve…
- NASA NTRS 2022 JSC Conference Paper
International Space Station Bipropellant Plume Contamination Model Update for Short Thruster Pulse Widths
The International Space Station (ISS) Bipropellant Plume Contamination Model has been a vital tool for characterizing the thruster plume-induced contamination environment at the ISS but was not intended to be used for ve…
- NASA NTRS 2021 GSFC Presentation
Psyche Hardware Abstraction Simulation Environment (PHASE): Development of High-Fidelity Downlink Model for Flight Software Performance Testing
NASA’s Katherine Johnson Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) Independent Test Capability (ITC) Team develops high fidelity software-only simulations (or “digital-twins”) of NASA’s most critical missions that a…
- NASA NTRS 2019 ARC Conference Paper
Application of Human-Autonomy Teaming to an Advanced Ground Station for Reduced Crew Operations
Within human factors there is burgeoning interest in the "human-autonomy teaming" (HAT) concept as a way to address the challenges of interacting with complex, increasingly autonomous systems.
- NASA NTRS 2019 ARC Conference Paper
Stall Recovery Guidance Algorithms Based on Constrained Control Approaches
Aircraft loss-of-control, in particular approach to stall or fully developed stall, is a major factor contributing to aircraft safety risks, which emphasizes the need to develop algorithms that are capable of assisting t…
- NASA NTRS 2019 ARC Preprint (Draft being sent to journal)
NASA Spinoff Article: Automated Procedures To Improve Safety on Oil Rigs
On May 11th, 2013, two astronauts emerged from the interior of the International Space Station (ISS) and worked their way toward the far end of spacecraft.
- NASA NTRS 2019 KSC Other
Design and Development of Functionally Effective Human-Machine Interfaces for Firing Room Displays
This project involves creating software for support equipment used on the Space Launch System (SLS). The goal is to create applications and displays that will be used to remotely operate equipment from the firing room an…
- NASA NTRS 2019 LaRC Contractor Report (CR)
Detecting Mode Confusion Through Formal Modeling and Analysis
Aircraft safety has improved steadily over the last few decades. While much of this improvement can be attributed to the introduction of advanced automation in the cockpit, the growing complexity of these systems also in…
- NASA NTRS 2019 CDMS Other
Experimental evaluation of certification trails using abstract data type validation
Certification trails are a recently introduced and promising approach to fault-detection and fault-tolerance. Recent experimental work reveals many cases in which a certification-trail approach allows for significantly f…
- NASA NTRS 2019 CDMS Other
Certification trails for data structures
Certification trails are a recently introduced and promising approach to fault detection and fault tolerance. The applicability of the certification trail technique is significantly generalized.
- NASA NTRS 2019 CDMS Conference Paper
An evaluation of software tools for the design and development of cockpit displays
The use of all-glass cockpits at the NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) simulation facility has changed the means of design, development, and maintenance of instrument displays.
- NASA NTRS 2019 CDMS Technical Memorandum (TM)
A representational basis for the development of a distributed expert system for Space Shuttle flight control
A new representation of malfunction procedure logic which permits the automation of these procedures using Boolean normal forms is presented.
- NASA NTRS 2018 JPL Conference Paper
JPL software training plan
The purpose of this document is to define the software training approach and plans for the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
- NASA NTRS 2017 CDMS Conference Paper
From an automated flight-test management system to a flight-test engineer's workstation
Described here are the capabilities and evolution of a flight-test engineer's workstation (called TEST PLAN) from an automated flight-test management system.
- NASA NTRS 2013 CDMS Conference Paper
A systems approach to computer-based training
This paper describes the hardware and software systems approach used in the Automated Recertification Training System (ARTS), a Phase 2 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) project for NASA Kennedy Space Center (KSC…
- NASA NTRS 2013 CDMS Conference Paper
Building an experience factory for maintenance
This paper reports the preliminary results of a study of the software maintenance process in the Flight Dynamics Division (FDD) of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration/Goddard Space Flight Center (NASA/GSFC)…