Ebook: Intelligent Systems: Safety, Reliability and Maintainability Issues

This book is a collection of some of the papers that were presented during a NATO Advanced Research Workshop (ARW) on "Intelligent Systems: Safety, Reliability and Maintainability Issues" that was held in Kusadasi, Turkey during August 24- 28, 1992. Attendance at this workshop was mainly by invitation only, drawing people internationally representing industry, government and the academic community. Many of the participants were internationally recognized leaders in the topic of the workshop. The purpose of the ARW was to bring together a highly distinguished group of people with the express purpose of debating where the issues of safety, reliability and maintainability place direct and tangible constraints on the development of intelligent systems. As a consequence, one of the major debating points in the ARW was the definition of intelligence, intelligent behaviour and their relation to complex dynamic systems. Two major conclusions evolved from the ARW are: 1. A continued need exists to develop formal, theoretical frameworks for the architecture of such systems, together with a reflection on the concept of intelligence. 2. There is a need to focus greater attention to the role that the human play in controlling intelligent systems. The workshop began by considering the typical features of an intelligent system. The complexity associated with multi-resolutional architectures was then discussed, leading to the identification of a necessity for the use of a combinatorial synthesis/approach. This was followed by a session on human interface issues.

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This book is a collection of some of the papers that were presented during aNATO Advanced Research Workshop held in Kusadasi, Turkey, August 24-28, 1992. Attendance at this workshop was mainly by invitation only, drawing people representing industry, government and the academic community. Many of the participants were internationally recognized leaders in the topic of the workshop. The papers in the volume are grouped in six parts, with a balance of theory and applications. Some papers provide introductory and overview material as well as reviews of the state of the art and others provide detail in specialized areas which can be useful to practitioners. The parts discuss the following topics: - Intelligent systems: analysis and assessment issues - Dependability of intelligent systems - Intelligent front ends - Learningsystems - Safety and reliability of advanced robotic systems - Dependability considerations in industrial applications.

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This book is a collection of some of the papers that were presented during aNATO Advanced Research Workshop held in Kusadasi, Turkey, August 24-28, 1992. Attendance at this workshop was mainly by invitation only, drawing people representing industry, government and the academic community. Many of the participants were internationally recognized leaders in the topic of the workshop. The papers in the volume are grouped in six parts, with a balance of theory and applications. Some papers provide introductory and overview material as well as reviews of the state of the art and others provide detail in specialized areas which can be useful to practitioners. The parts discuss the following topics: - Intelligent systems: analysis and assessment issues - Dependability of intelligent systems - Intelligent front ends - Learningsystems - Safety and reliability of advanced robotic systems - Dependability considerations in industrial applications.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XI
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Reliability of Intelligence: Issues and Conjectures....Pages 1-10
Multiresolutional System: Complexity and Reliability....Pages 11-22
MARSA - the Software Tool for Reliability and Safety Assessment of Control Systems....Pages 23-30
Front Matter....Pages 31-31
Safety Aspects of Security Models....Pages 31-41
The Intelligent Use of Intelligent Systems....Pages 42-59
Intelligent Systems: The Weakest Link?....Pages 60-73
Front Matter....Pages 74-74
Developing Hypermedia Front-Ends for Robot Teleoperation Tasks....Pages 74-94
Automated Inspection and Reverse Engineering....Pages 95-122
Development of the Intelligent Graphical Front-End for Robot Grasp Planning....Pages 123-136
Front Matter....Pages 137-137
Another Formal Approach to Modelling Inference Engine Behaviour....Pages 137-156
Fractal Set Theoretic Analysis of Performance Losses for Tuning Training Data in Learning Systems....Pages 157-176
Automatic Construction of Qualitative Models....Pages 177-193
Single and Multiple Memory-based Neural Networks for Efficient Function Approximation....Pages 194-204
Robustness and Fault Tolerance Issues In Artificial Neural Network Based Robotic Control Applications....Pages 205-220
Front Matter....Pages 221-221
Human Factors in Robotic Systems....Pages 221-231
Advanced Robotics - Towards Intelligent Machines....Pages 232-242
Intelligent Motion Planning for Safe and Reliable Control of Robot Arms....Pages 243-256
Control Issues of the Delft Intelligent Assembly Cell with Emphasis on Geometrical Trajectory Planning....Pages 257-284
Front Matter....Pages 285-285
Deep Knowledge and Rigorous Engineering Practice: Two Ingredients to Build Dependable Knowledge Based Systems for Industrial Process Plant Control....Pages 285-306
Architectural Foundations, Concepts, and Methods Behind ISACS - Real-Time Intelligent System for Critical Applications....Pages 307-326
Front Matter....Pages 285-285
Intelligent Industrial Control....Pages 327-332
Modelling of the Process of Air Traffic Control Under the Expert System Management....Pages 333-340
Back Matter....Pages 341-346

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This book is a collection of some of the papers that were presented during aNATO Advanced Research Workshop held in Kusadasi, Turkey, August 24-28, 1992. Attendance at this workshop was mainly by invitation only, drawing people representing industry, government and the academic community. Many of the participants were internationally recognized leaders in the topic of the workshop. The papers in the volume are grouped in six parts, with a balance of theory and applications. Some papers provide introductory and overview material as well as reviews of the state of the art and others provide detail in specialized areas which can be useful to practitioners. The parts discuss the following topics: - Intelligent systems: analysis and assessment issues - Dependability of intelligent systems - Intelligent front ends - Learningsystems - Safety and reliability of advanced robotic systems - Dependability considerations in industrial applications.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XI
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Reliability of Intelligence: Issues and Conjectures....Pages 1-10
Multiresolutional System: Complexity and Reliability....Pages 11-22
MARSA - the Software Tool for Reliability and Safety Assessment of Control Systems....Pages 23-30
Front Matter....Pages 31-31
Safety Aspects of Security Models....Pages 31-41
The Intelligent Use of Intelligent Systems....Pages 42-59
Intelligent Systems: The Weakest Link?....Pages 60-73
Front Matter....Pages 74-74
Developing Hypermedia Front-Ends for Robot Teleoperation Tasks....Pages 74-94
Automated Inspection and Reverse Engineering....Pages 95-122
Development of the Intelligent Graphical Front-End for Robot Grasp Planning....Pages 123-136
Front Matter....Pages 137-137
Another Formal Approach to Modelling Inference Engine Behaviour....Pages 137-156
Fractal Set Theoretic Analysis of Performance Losses for Tuning Training Data in Learning Systems....Pages 157-176
Automatic Construction of Qualitative Models....Pages 177-193
Single and Multiple Memory-based Neural Networks for Efficient Function Approximation....Pages 194-204
Robustness and Fault Tolerance Issues In Artificial Neural Network Based Robotic Control Applications....Pages 205-220
Front Matter....Pages 221-221
Human Factors in Robotic Systems....Pages 221-231
Advanced Robotics - Towards Intelligent Machines....Pages 232-242
Intelligent Motion Planning for Safe and Reliable Control of Robot Arms....Pages 243-256
Control Issues of the Delft Intelligent Assembly Cell with Emphasis on Geometrical Trajectory Planning....Pages 257-284
Front Matter....Pages 285-285
Deep Knowledge and Rigorous Engineering Practice: Two Ingredients to Build Dependable Knowledge Based Systems for Industrial Process Plant Control....Pages 285-306
Architectural Foundations, Concepts, and Methods Behind ISACS - Real-Time Intelligent System for Critical Applications....Pages 307-326
Front Matter....Pages 285-285
Intelligent Industrial Control....Pages 327-332
Modelling of the Process of Air Traffic Control Under the Expert System Management....Pages 333-340
Back Matter....Pages 341-346
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