Briefs: Software
Software for Planning Scientific Activities on Mars
Mixed-Initiative Activity Plan Generator (MAPGEN) is a ground-based computer program for planning and scheduling the scientific activities of instrumented exploratory robotic vehicles, within the limitations of available resources onboard the vehicle. MAPGEN is a combination of two prior...
Briefs: Software
Software for Training in Pre-College Mathematics
The Intelligent Math Tutor (IMT) is a computer program for training students in pre-college and college-level mathe- matics courses, including fundamentals, intermediate algebra, college algebra, and trigonometry. The IMT can be executed on a server computer for access by students via the...
Briefs: Software
Software for Simulating a Complex Robot
RoboSim (Robot Simulation) is a computer program that simulates the poses and motions of the Robonaut — a developmental anthropomorphic robot that has a complex system of joints with 43 degrees of freedom and multiple modes of operation and control. RoboSim performs a full kinematic simulation of all...
Briefs: Software
Software Helps Retrieve Information Relevant to the User
The Adaptive Indexing and Retrieval Agent (ARNIE) is a code library, designed to be used by an application program, that assists human users in retrieving desired information in a hypertext setting. Using ARNIE, the program implements a comp- utational model for interactively learning what...
Briefs: Software
Software for Diagnosis of Multiple Coordinated Spacecraft
Distributed Real-Time Model-Based Diagnosis (DRMD) is a computer program for diagnosing faults in multiple spacecraft cooperating in a specific task (e.g., flying in formation to constitute an inter- ferometer). DRMD takes advantage of both (1) the superiority of model-based software for...
Briefs: Software
Software for Refining or Coarsening Computational Grids
A computer program performs calculations for refinement or coarsening of computational grids of the type called “structured” (signifying that they are geo- metrically regular and/or are specified by relatively simple algebraic expressions).
This program is designed to facilitate...
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Software For Displaying Data From Planetary Rovers
Science Activity Planner (SAP) DownlinkBrowser is a computer program that assists in the visualization of processed telemetric data [principally images, image cubes (that is, multispectral images), and spectra] that have been transmitted to Earth from exploratory robotic vehicles (rovers) on...
Briefs: Software
Software for Managing Parametric Studies
The Information Power Grid Virtual Laboratory (ILab) is a Practical Extraction and Reporting Language (PERL) graphical-user-interface computer program that generates shell scripts to facilitate parametric studies performed on the Grid. ("The Grid" denotes a worldwide network of supercomputers used for...
Briefs: Software
Software Aids Visualization of Computed Unsteady Flow
Unsteady Flow Analysis Toolkit (UFAT) is a computer program that synthesizes motions of time-dependent flows represented by very large sets of data generated in computational fluid dynamics simulations. Prior to the development of UFAT, it was necessary to rely on static, single-snapshot...
Briefs: Software
Software for Testing Electroactive Structural Components
A computer program generates a graphical user interface that, in combination with its other features, facilitates the acquisition and preprocessing of experimental data on the strain response, hysteresis, and power consumption of a multilayer composite-material structural component...
Briefs: Software
Advanced Software for Analysis of High-Speed Rolling-Element Bearings
COBRA-AHS is a package of advanced software for analysis of rigid or flexible shaft systems supported by rolling-element bearings operating at high speeds under complex mechanical and thermal loads. These loads can include centrifugal and thermal loads generated by motions of...
Briefs: Software
Web Program for Development of GUIs for Cluster Computers
WIGLAF (a Web Interface Generator and Legacy Application Façade) is a computer program that provides a Webbased, distributed, graphical-user-interface (GUI) framework that can be adapted to any of a broad range of application programs, written in any programming language, that are...
Briefs: Software
XML-Based Generator of C++ Code for Integration With GUIs
An open source computer program has been developed to satisfy a need for simplified organization of structured input data for scientific simulation programs. Typically, such input data are parsed in from a flat American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII) text file into...
Briefs: Motion Control
The first step of pattern matching always includes a learning process. A “gold” master is used to create a template. This template is used for identification purposes on all...
Briefs: Software
Time Analyzer For Time Synchronization and Monitor of the Deep Space Network
A software package has been developed to measure, monitor, and archive the performance of timing signals distributed in the NASA Deep Space Network. Timing signals are generated from a central master clock and distributed to over 100 users at distances up to 30...
Briefs: Software
Program for Computing Albedo
Simple Thermal Environment Model (STEM) is a FORTRAN-based computer program that provides engineering estimates of top-of-atmosphere albedo and outgoing long-wave radiation (OLR) for use in analyzing thermal loads on spacecraft near Earth. The thermal environment of a spacecraft is represented in STEM as consisting...
Briefs: Software
Integrated Software for Analyzing Designs of Launch Vehicles
Launch Vehicle Analysis Tool (LVA) is a computer program for preliminary design structural analysis of launch vehicles. Before LVA was developed, in order to analyze the structure of a launch vehicle, it was necessary to estimate its weight, feed this estimate into a program to obtain...
Briefs: Software
Abstract-Reasoning Software for Coordinating Multiple Agents
A computer program for scheduling the activities of multiple agents that share limited resources has been incorporated into the Automated Scheduling and Planning Environment (ASPEN) software system, aspects of which have been reported in several previous NASA Tech Briefs articles. In...
Briefs: Software
Software Searches for Better Spacecraft-Navigation Models
ADAPT is a computer program that searches for better mathematical models for spacecraft navigation. The task of tuning trajectory-determination models for interplanetary navigation is complex, requiring an intensive search of multiple dynamical and nondynamical models that yield...
Briefs: Software
Software for Partly Automated Recognition of Targets
The Feature Analyst is a computer program for assisted (partially automated) recognition of targets in images.
This program was developed to accelerate the processing of high-resolution satellite image data for incorporation into geographic information systems (GIS). This program creates an...
Briefs: Software
Distributed-object computing systems are presented with many security threats, including network eavesdropping, message tampering, and communications middleware masquerading. NASA Glenn...
Briefs: Software
Software for Improved Extraction of Data From Tape Storage
A computer program has been written to replace the original software of Racal Storeplex Delta tape recorders, which are used at Stennis Space Center. The original software could be activated by a command- line interface only; the present software offers the option of a command-line or...
Briefs: Software
Software for Displaying High-Frequency Test Data
An easy-to-use, intuitive computer program was written to satisfy a need of test operators and data requestors to quickly view and manipulate high-frequency test data recorded at the East and West Test Areas at Marshall Space Flight Center. By enabling rapid analysis, this program makes it...
Briefs: Software
Next-Generation Car Engines Optimized to Improve Gas Mileage
This paper examines the simulation and thermal optimization of a wide-range oxygen sensor, which helps to regulate clean and efficient motor operation. The setup of the finite element model of the oxygen sensor is discussed in detail, along with how the sensor's geometry and material...
Briefs: Software
Manufacturing companies must bring high-quality products to market faster than ever before. This tightened timeframe significantly impacts the manufacturing supply chain — a familiar...
Briefs: Software
Software for Viewing Landsat Mosaic Images
A Windows-based computer program has been written to enable novice users (especially educators and students) to view images of large areas of the Earth (e.g., the continental United States) generated from image data acquired in the Landsat observations performed circa the year 1990. The large-area...
Briefs: Software
Updated Integrated Mission Program
Integrated Mission Program (IMP) is a computer program for simulating spacecraft missions around the Earth, Moon, Mars, and/or other large bodies. IMP solves the differential equations of motion by use of a Runge-Kutta numerical-integration algorithm. Users control missions through selection from a large menu...
Briefs: Software
Software for Sharing and Management of Information
DIAMS is a set of computer programs that implements a system of collaborative agents that serve multiple, geographically distributed users communicating via the Internet. DIAMS provides a user interface as a Java applet that runs on each user’s computer and that works within the context of the...
Briefs: Software
Update on Integrated Optical Design Analyzer
Updated information on the Integrated Optical Design Analyzer (IODA) computer program has become available. IODA was described in “Software for Multidisciplinary Concurrent Optical Design” (MFS-31452), NASA Tech Briefs, Vol. 25, No. 10 (October 2001), page 8a. To recapitulate: IODA facilitates...
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