Manufacturing Research: Self-Directed Control

Abstract

Recent progress in the development of self-directed systems suggest that we may soon be conducting engineering design and material science using systems (i.e., machines) which augment the process of scientific discovery - conjecturing hypotheses, conducting experiments and discovering new knowledge about the process of design and fabrication materials. Tantamount to the technological advances which will make such systems feasible is an overriding economic impetus to improve our nation's competitiveness in a growing and soon global marketplace. It is the economic importance of global, international competitiveness which will sustain the development of self-directed systems and the direction will be simply that of continually improving product quality in less time and at less cost. (KR)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1991
Accession Number
ADA229488

Entities

People

  • Steven R. Leclair

Organizations

  • Wright Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Sensors
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Artificial Intelligence Software
  • Bayesian Networks
  • Cognitive Science
  • Composite Materials
  • Computational Science
  • Computers
  • Control Systems
  • Control Systems Engineering
  • Data Processing
  • Information Processing
  • Information Science
  • Materials
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Neural Networks
  • Self Organizing Systems

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