EXPERT SYSTEM FOR REAL-TIME AIRCRAFT MONITORING

Real-time aircraft testing is increasing in both frequency and complexity. Greater demands are being placed on flight test engineers to simultaneously monitor aircraft systems during flight and to perform problem analysis real time. This has caused a rise in requirements for automated and intelligent monitoring systems. The use of state-of-the-art off-the-shelf hardware and software has provided a cost effective base for supporting development of real-time expert systems to aid in these monitoring tasks. A brief introduction to the telemetry environment is given. This is followed by descriptions of some specific applications including a propulsion monitor. The final section discusses some aspects of knowledge engineering and an inherent conflict between knowledge engineering and software engineering.