Automated telescope scheduling

Details Automated telescope scheduling Automated telescope scheduling

Aug 1988

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1988stin...9015863j&link_type=abstract

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Computer Science

Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence, Computer Programs, Hubble Space Telescope, Scheduling, Automatic Control, Observability (Systems), Optimization, Satellite Observation, Software Engineering

Scientific paper

With the ever increasing level of automation of astronomical telescopes the benefits and feasibility of automated planning and scheduling are becoming more apparent. Improved efficiency and increased overall telescope utilization are the most obvious goals. Automated scheduling at some level has been done for several satellite observatories, but the requirements on these systems were much less stringent than on modern ground or satellite observatories. The scheduling problem is particularly acute for Hubble Space Telescope: virtually all observations must be planned in excruciating detail weeks to months in advance. Space Telescope Science Institute has recently made significant progress on the scheduling problem by exploiting state-of-the-art artificial intelligence software technology. What is especially interesting is that this effort has already yielded software that is well suited to scheduling groundbased telescopes, including the problem of optimizing the coordinated scheduling of more than one telescope.

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