Machine Intelligence and Autonomy for Aerospace Systems (Progress in Astronautics & Aeronautics)

This book is a broadly based introduction to automation and robotics in aerospace systems in general and associated research and developments in machine intelligence and systems autonomy in particular. A principal objective of this book is to identify and describe the most important, current research areas related to the symbiotic control of systems by human and machine intelligence and relate them to the requirements of aerospace missions. This provides a technological framework in automation for mission planning, a state-of-the-art assessment of relevant autonomy techniques, and future directions in machine intelligence research.