Expert Systems Applied to Spacecraft Fire Safety.
Expert Systems Applied to Spacecraft Fire Safety.
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Smith, R. L.; Kashiwagi, T.
Chapter 5;
Special Problems in Fire Protection Engineering. Volume
4. Chapter 5. Applied Fire Science in Transition
Series, Baywood Publishing Co. Inc., Amityville, NY,
DeCicco, P. R., Editor, 61-71 p., 2002.
Keywords:
fire protection engineering; spacecraft; expert systems;
fire safety; flammability; fire science; fire
prevention; fire detection; fire suppression; space
stations
Abstract:
Expert systems are problem-solving programs that combine
a knowledge base and a reasoning mechanism to simulate
human "expert." The development of an expert system to
manage fire safety in spacecraft, in particular the NASA
Space Station Freedom, is difficult but clearly
advantageous in the long-term. The report discusses
some needs in low-gravity flammability characteristics,
ventilating-flow effects, fire detection, fire
extinguishment, and decision models, all necessary to
establish the knowledge base for an expert system. This
chapter is a general description of expert-system
programs, to describe their unique application in
meeting the needs of fire safety in spacecraft, in
particular the future NASA Space Station Freedom.
Building and Fire Research Laboratory
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Gaithersburg, MD 20899