COOPERATIVE SEISMIC DATA INTERPRETATION FOR NUCLEAR TEST BAN TREATY VERIFICATION

Abstract

This paper describes the cooperative interpretation of data from a global network of seismic stations in the context of nuclear test ban treaty verification. The problem, as solved by humans, involves the cooperation of a community of seismologists and the intellectual mechanism of assumption-based reasoning. Our computational agents cooperate by exchanging partial results that act as clues or heuristics about what assumptions to make and where to apply computationally expensive signal-processing algorithms, thus improving the quality of the global solution.

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CINDY L MASON

Address correspondence to Cindy L. Mason, Intelligent Interactive Systems Group, NASA Ames Research Center, Mail Stop 269-2, Moffett Field, CA 94305, USA. E-mail: mason@ptolemy arc nasa gov.