Strategic level mission control - an evaluation of CORAL and PROLOG implementations for mission control specifications

Abstract

This paper presents the use of the software programming environments PROLOG and CORAL for the implementation of the strategic level of the NPS Phoenix vehicle. Whereas PROLOG provides a rule-based mission control specification language, CORAL builds on a graphical interface to describe mission programs using Petri nets. The paper describes the interfacing of CORAL with the tactical level of the vehicle, and details the programming and execution of a vehicle mission that was run in the NPS test tank.