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Smoke Control for Elevators.

June 1, 1983
Author(s)
J H. Klote
This paper is a second report on an ongoing project at NBS to investigate the use of elevators as a means of fire escape for the handicapped. The use of stairwells for fire evacuation poses a problem for people who cannot use stairs because of physical

Hierarchical Control for Robots in an Automated Factory

May 1, 1983
Author(s)
James S. Albus, Tony Barbera, Howard Bloom, M L. Fitzgerald, Ernest Kent, Charles R. McLean
The basic structure of a hierarchical control system is a tree, wherein each computational module has a single superior, and one or more subordinate modules. The top module is where the highest level decisions are made and the longest planning horizon
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