This master thesis deals with the topic of expert systems in the military. In the first part, expert systems are described in general focusing on the theoretical aspects. The creation, types, structure, architecture, advantages, disadvantages and history of expert systems and knowledge acquisition are described. The next part of the thesis deals with the specific military and security (defence) applications of expert systems. There are descriptions of applications from Ground forces (ADRIES, ESROC, KBGIS, PRIDE, TED systems), Air forces (AIRID, LES, TATR), NAVY (systems BATTLE, SIAMES systems), Joint forces (AI-EOD, CMES, GTEX, MBEES, MCTA, SEAT SEC systems) and security areas (EPS-APES, DOC - EXPLOIT, FRIEND - FOE / FIRE DECISION systems). A more detailed description of ADRIES, BATTLE, KBGIS a FRIEND - FOE DETECTION / FIRE DECISION expert systems is included in the final part of the thesis.

This dissertation describes a research study conducted to determine the benefits and use of ontology technologies to support a simulation environment that evaluates countermeasures employed to protect military aircraft. Within the military, aircraft represent a significant investment and these valuable assets need to be protected against various threats, such as man-portable air-defence systems. To counter attacks from these threats, countermeasures are deployed, developed and evaluated by utilising modelling and simulation techniques. The system described in this research simulates real world scenarios of aircraft, missiles and countermeasures in order to assist in the evaluation of infra-red countermeasures against missiles in specified scenarios. Traditional ontology has its origin in philosophy, describing what exists and how objects relate to each other. The use of formal ontologies in Computer Science have brought new possibilities for modelling and representation of information and knowledge in several domains. These advantages also apply to military information systems where ontologies support the complex nature of military information. After considering ontologies and their advantages against the requirements for enhancements of the simulation system, an ontology was constructed by following a formal development methodology. Design research, combined with the adaptive methodology of development, was conducted in a unique way, therefore contributing to establish design research as a formal research methodology. The ontology was constructed to capture the knowledge of the simulation system environment and the use of it supports the functions of the simulation system in the domain. The research study contributes to better communication among people involved in the simulation studies, accomplished by a shared vocabulary and a knowledge base for the domain. These contributions affirmed that ontologies can be successfully use to support military simulation systems / Computing / M. Tech. (Information Technology)

Parkinson's Disease can be treated by a micro-electrode guided neurosurgery called a Pallidotomy or Deep Brain Stimulus. A new software program, called Onetrack, is being developed and incorporates a three dimensional virtual model of the brain, a advanced digital signal processor and a knowledge based system (KBS). This thesis discusses the design and development of this KBS. The purpose of the KBS is to assist the surgical team in identifying the different anatomical structures and neuronal cell types of the brain. Therefore, improving the efficiency of the procedure.

Title from PDF of title page. / Document formatted into pages; contains 42 pages. / Thesis (M.S.C.S.)--University of South Florida, 2002. / Includes bibliographical references. / Text (Electronic thesis) in PDF format. / ABSTRACT: When medical researchers test a new treatment procedure, they recruit patients with appropriate health problems and medical histories. An experiment with a new procedure is called a clinical trial. The selection of patients for clinical trials has traditionally been a labor-intensive task, which involves matching of medical records with a list of eligibility criteria. A recent project at the University of South Florida has been aimed at the automation of this task. The project has involved the development of an expert system that selects matching clinical trials for each patient. / If a patient's data are not sufficient for choosing a trial, the system suggests additional medical tests. We report the work on the representation and entry of the related selection criteria and medical tests. We first explain the structureof the system's knowledge base, which describes clinical trials and criteria for selecting patients. We then present an interface that enables a clinician to add new trials and selection criteria without the help of a programmer. Experiments show that the addition of a new clinical trial takes ten to twenty minutes, and that novice users learn the full functionality of the interface in about an hour. / System requirements: World Wide Web browser and PDF reader. / Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Thesis (PhD) -- Macquarie University, Division of Information and Communication Sciences, Department of Computing, 2007. / "Submitted January 27 2007, revised July 27 2007". / Bibliography: p. 281-304. / Mode of access: World Wide Web. / xiv, 487 p., bound ill. (some col.)

Call number: LD2668 .T4 1986 C68 / Master of Science

This thesis is concerned with the applicability of model reference adaptive control to the control of robot manipulators under a wide range of configuration and payload changes, and a comparison of the performance of this technique with that of the non-adaptive schemes. The dynamic equations of robot manipulators are highly nonlinear and are difficult to determine precisely. For these reasons there is an interest in applying adaptive control techniques to robot manipulators. In this work, the detailed performance of three adaptive controllers are studied and compared with that of a non-adaptive controller, namely, the computed torque control scheme. Computer simulation results show that the use of adaptive control improves the performance of the manipulator despite changes in the payload or in the manipulator configuration. Making use of these results, a rule-based controller is developed by dividing a given manipulation task into portions where a particular adaptive control scheme, based on a specific linearized subsystem model, performs best. This strategy of selecting the proper controller during each portion of the overall task yields a performance having the least deviation from the desired trajectory during the entire length of the task.

Research report presented to SBL, Unisa, Midrand. / No abstract / Graduate School of Business Leadership / MBL

International Telemetering Conference Proceedings / October 26-29, 1987 / Town and Country Hotel, San Diego, California / In an Independent Research and Development (IR&D) effort, the Telemetry Systems Operation (TSO) of Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) sought to determine the feasibility of using Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques in a real-time processing environment. Specifically, the use of an expert system to assist in telemetry data acquisition processing was studied. A prototype expert system was implemented with the purpose of monitoring F15 Vertical Short Take Off and Landing (VSTOL) aircraft engine tests in order to predict engine stalls. This prototype expert system was implemented on a Symbolics 3670 symbolic processor using Inference Corporation's Artificial Reasoning Tool (ART) expert system compiler/generator. The Symbolics computer was connected to a Gould/SEL 32/6750 real-time processor using a Flavors, Inc. Bus Link for real-time data transfer.

Η κατάθλιψη είναι από τα πιο συχνά ψυχικά νοσήµατα µε τα οποία έρχεται αντιµέτωπος τόσο ο ψυχίατρος όσο και ο νοσηλευτής της πρωτοβάθµιας φροντίδας, στην καθηµερινή τους κλινική πράξη. Τα νοσήµατα αυτά προσθέτουν µεγάλο φορτίο τόσο ψυχολογικό όσο και οικονοµικό στους ασθενείς, τις οικογένειές τους αλλά και το κοινωνικό σύνολο. Ειδικά για την κατάθλιψη το µέλλον δεν φαίνεται και τόσο ευοίωνο. Σε µια πρόσφατη κοινή ανακοίνωση της Παγκόσµιας Τράπεζας, της Παγκόσµιας Οργάνωσης Υγείας και του Πανεπιστηµίου Harvard αναφέρεται ότι στα επόµενα 5 χρόνια η κατάθλιψη θα καταλάβει τη δεύτερη θέση στον κατάλογο µε τις καταστάσεις που προκαλούν σηµαντική απώλεια χρόνου υγείας και παραγωγικής ζωής. Στην παρούσα διπλωματική εργασία περιγράφεται η δημιουργία ένός ευφυούς συστήματος υποστήριξης αποφάσεων, προκειμένου να συνδράμει στην ανάπτυξη της κρίσης του αρχάριου νοσηλευτή για την καλύτερη και ασφαλέστερη εφαρμογή των ιατρικών και νοσηλευτικών κανόνων στον τομέα της Ψυχιατρικής. Ένας δεύτερος στόχος της διπλωματικής είναι η σύγκριση διαφορετικών μεθόδων δημιουργίας του. Δημιουργήθηκαν τέσσερα διαφορετικά συστήματα, όσον αφορά το είδος των κανόνων που χρησιμοποιήθηκαν (π.χ. απλοί κανόνες από τους ειδικούς, κανόνες με συντελεστές βεβαιότητας και υβριδικοί κανόνες από αυτόματη παραγωγή με μεθόδους μηχανικής μάθησης), και έχει γίνει σύγκριση της αποτελεσματικότητάς τους με βάση διεθνώς χρησιμοποιούμενες μετρικές. Η υβριδική μορφή κανόνων παρουσίασε και την μεγαλύτερη αποτελεσματικότητα μεταξύ των τεσσάρων συστημάτων (ακρίβεια 94% ενάντι 89 % και 84 % και 82 % αντίστοιχα). Τα συστήματα αυτά μπορούν να λειτουργήσουν στα πλαίσια μιας πλήρους εφαρμογής όχι ως ανταγωνιστικά αλλά ως συμπληρωματικά για την γρήγορη και πιό αξιόπιστη διαλογή και διάγνωση των παθήσεων των ασθενών που προσέρχονται στα Επείγοντα Περιστατικά ενός Νοσηλευτικού Ιδρύματος με πιθανή Νευροψυχιατρική διαταραχή από νέους νοσηλευτές. / -