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Original Paper
An autonomous adaptive scheduling agent for period searching
Article first published online: 4 MAR 2008
DOI: 10.1002/asna.200710947
Copyright © 2008 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim
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How to Cite
Saunders, E.S., Naylor, T. and Allan, A. (2008), An autonomous adaptive scheduling agent for period searching. Astron. Nachr., 329: 321–325. doi: 10.1002/asna.200710947
Publication History
- Issue published online: 4 MAR 2008
- Article first published online: 4 MAR 2008
- Manuscript Accepted: 28 NOV 2007
- Manuscript Received: 3 SEP 2007
Funded by
- PPARC
- DTI
- EPSRC
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Keywords:
- methods: observational;
- methods: data analysis;
- techniques: photometric;
- techniques: radial velocities
Abstract
We describe the design and implementation of an autonomous adaptive software agent that addresses the practical problem of observing undersampled, periodic, time-varying phenomena using a network of HTN-compliant robotic telescopes. The algorithm governing the behaviour of the agent uses an optimal geometric sampling technique to cover the period range of interest, but additionally implements proactive behaviour that maximises the optimality of the dataset in the face of an uncertain and changing operating environment. (© 2008 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)