Intelligent Testing, Control and Decision-Making for Space Launch

A comprehensive exposition of the theory and techniques of fault identification and decision theory when applied to complex systems

• shows how modern computer analysis and diagnostic methods might be applied to launch vehicle design, checkout, and launch
• the space checkout system is a specialized area which is rarely explored in terms of the intelligent techniques and approaches involved
• an original view combining modern theory with well-established research material, inviting a contemporary approach to launch dynamics
• highlights the advanced research works in the field of testing, control and decision-making for space launch
• presented in a very well organized way and the technical level is very high

Yi Chai, Associate Director, College of Automation, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China
Yi Chai graduated from the Department of Electronic Technology, University of National Defense Science and Technology in 1982, and received his Ph.D. from Chongqing University, China in 2001, where he now lectures on Linear System Theory, Computer Communication Networks, Digital Signal Processing, Smart Computing and Intelligent Control, and Advanced Artificial Intelligence. Professor Chai has undertaken more than 40 research projects, including the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the "863" High-tech Research Projects of China, and technological projects for the Natural Science Foundation. He has published more than 80 academic papers and co-edited a published conference proceedings in 2011 on swarm intelligence.

Shangfu Li, Director, Xichang Satellite Launch Center, Sichuan, China.