Integrated Display for Supervisory Control of Space Operations

Abstract

In recent years, intelligent software has been applied for monitoring and controlling space systems to reduce the workload of the crew and ground support personnel. The application of intelligent software to system control changes the human role in space operations. Instead of directly performing control tasks, humans now often supervise automated software performing control tasks. We have designed an integrated overview display supporting supervisory monitoring and control tasks. This design provides a view of control information integrated over time, supporting a supervisor in following a thread of operational information extending from the past into the future. It associates control activities with the resulting consequences of control on the environment and system configuration. And it provides a uniform way to access and display a heterogeneous set of archived information characterizing system control.