SBIR/STTR Research Award
SPARTA, INC.
Award amount
$63,706Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1986Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- X2y2 Corpon
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
SPARTA, INC. PROPOSES TO STUDY OUTSTANDING ISSUES REQUIRING RESOLUTION BEFORE AN EXPERT SYSTEM CAN BE DESIGNED FOR STRUCTURAL/ MECHANICAL MANUFACTURING PLANNING. THE KEY ELEMENTS OF SUCH AN EXPERT SYSTEM WOULD BE: (1) A GEOMETRIC MODELER CAPABLE OF DESCRIBING GEOMETRY IN TERMS OF PART FEATURES, AS WELL AS NON-GEOMETRIC INFORMATION; (2) AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE PROCESSOR; (3) A MANUFACTURING PLANNING KNOWLEDGE BASE; AND (4) A USER INTERFACE ENVIRONMENT SUPPORTING THREE CATEGORIES OF USERS, NAMELY, DESIGNERS, PLANNERS, AND KNOWLEDGE BASE ANALYSTS. THE APPLICATION FOR THE SUBJECT MANUFACTURING PLANNING EXPERT SYSTEM WOULD BE THE CREATION OF PROCESS PLANS FOR MACHINED PARTS.
Technology keywords
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