From: yil@engr.ucf.edu (Yilmaz Cengeloglu)
Newsgroups: comp.ai.shells
Subject: Automated Air Traffic Controlling and Blackboard System
Date: 26 Aug 92 01:04:09 GMT
Article-I.D.: cs.1992Aug26.010409.21148
Organization: engineering, University of Central Florida, Orlando


Hi:

	I have posted following article a week ago. I have received several 
	helpful responses. I am keeping all responses that I have received.
	If anyone request, I will send it. Also this is a reposting. 
	If you have any succestions, ect, please let me know. Some of you
	already request the information that I am collecting. I will mail it
	soon.
 
	Thanks to everyone who send me helpful information.  


                                              Yilmaz Cengeloglu
					      Univ. of Central Florida
             			              Dept. of Computer Eng.
					      Orlando, FL

			                  yil@engr.ucf.edu


             

	



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Hi :

I have asked help about Blackboard Architecture couple of months ago.
I have received some responses. Thanks to everyone who helped me. I have
the list of several references related with BBA. If any anyone needs please 
let me know. 

Currently I am still working on my project for my thesis and I neen some more
help. I am explaining what I need first. If you are interested what I am doing
you can continue to read after line. 

I will write simple knowledge bases to solve the conflict and other problems that
occurs at airspace. I do need some help to complete this project and graduate.

	If you know any publication related with
			- Automated Air Traffic Controlling,
			- books that I can get expertise to write knowledge bases       
			  to solve the problems at airspace.
			- Blackbard Systems AND Air Traffic Controlling. 

 	 please let me know. I will keep all information that I will receive
         and I will send anyone request later. 
											  

	  If you know any existing system, project, company related with
	  Automated Air traffic controlling, please let me know. It will
	  be very helpful for my project.

				                           Yilmaz Cengeloglu
				                           Univ. of Central Florida
							   Dept. of Computer Eng. 
							   Orlando, FL    

							   yil@engr.ucf.edu


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I am preparing prototype Automated Air Traffic Controlling (A-ATC) system to 
prepare and test knowledge bases for each plane in the airspace. I did need a Blackboard
shell for my project. Only commercial system that I found was GBB that marketed by 

Blackboard Technology Group, Inc.;
401 Main St., Amherst, MA  01002, 413/256-8990,
fax: 413/256-3179.

Their price was too high for me to buy as a graduate Student. I have implemented my 
own Blackboard System on SunOS operating system. ( I am not really sure if I should
call Blackboard System.) Different knowledge bases in CLIPS working as a different 
process on the background and uses Blackboard when it is necessary to share fact with 
other knowledge sources. Of course, any other process in C, C++, etc can access the
Blackboard. The type of architecture is easy to distribute more than one computer
using computers networks. If I would continue the project after I got my M.S.
I am still testing it.  

Also, I did implemented a Radar Simulator Using C/C++, X-Windows and IPC facilities
on the SunOS operating system.  Radar simulator is being used by Intelligent Simulation
and Training systems Project at UCF.

A-ATC project is integration of Radar Simulator and Blackboard System.