MEYSTEL

This comprehensive treatment of the field of intelligent systems is written by two of the foremost authorities in the field. The authors clearly examine the theoretical and practical aspects of these systems. The book focuses on the NIST-RCS (Real-time Control System) model that has been used recently in the Mars Rover.

ALEXANDER M. MEYSTEL, PhD, is Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

JAMES S. ALBUS, PhD, is Senior NIST Fellow in the Intelligent Systems Division at the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

Preface
Intelligence in Natural and Constructed Systems
Theoretical Fundamentals
Knowledge Representation
Reference Architecture
Motivations, Goals, and Value Judgment
Sensory Processing
Behavior Generation
Planner
Multiresolutional Planning: A Sketch of the Theory
Multiresolutional Hierarchy of Planner/Executor Modules
Learning
Applications of Multiresolutional Architectures for Intelligent Systems
Intelligent Systems: Precursor of the New Paradigm in Science and Engineering
Abbreviations
Name Index
Subject Index