FEASIBILITY STUDY

A NEED EXISTS TO DEVELOP SYSTEMS THAT CAN DETECT EMERGENCY AND/OR ABNORMAL OPERATIONS OF GENERAL AVIATION AIRCRAFT AND WARN OR ALERT THE PILOT OF ITS EFFECT AND RECOMMEND PROCEDURES. THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PHASE I STUDY IS TO INVESTIGATE THE APPLICABILITY OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TECHNOLOGY TO THE SOLUTION OF THIS PROBLEM. THE APPROACH INVOLVES: (1) CLARIFICATION OF THE OVERALL EMERGENCY SITU- ATION PROBLEM IN TERMS OF THE CAUSE (S), EXTENT AND POSSIBLEREMEDIES, THEREBY DETERMINING FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR ANINTELLIGENT WARNING AND EMERGENCY PROCEDURES SYSTEM (IWEPS);SYSTEMS, KNOWLEDGE-BASED SYSTEMS, AND POSSIBLY HEURISTICS, FROM WHICH A MOST PROMISING TECHNIQUE (OR COMBINATIONS WILL BE IDENTIFIED; (3) DEVELOPMENT OF THE GENERAL IWEPS CONCEPT;(4) INVESTIGATION OF ISSUES INVOLVED IN DESIGNING A PRACTICAL IWEPS; AND (5) PRESENTATION OF AN ILLUSTRATIVE SYSTEM.