TABLE OF CONTENTS

1.0 INTRODUCTION
  Standards Orientation
  Science and Technology Orientation
  Domains
1.1 SCOPE
1.1.1 A Conceptual Framework
1.1.2 A Reference Model Architecture
1.1.3. Engineering Guidelines
  Software Reuse
  Interoperability and open systems
2.0 A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
3.0 4D/RCS REFERENCE MODEL ARCHITECTURE
3.1 THE 4D/RCS HIERARCHY
3.2 SENSORY PROCESSING
3.3WORLD MODELING
3.4 VALUE JUDGMENT
3.5 BEHAVIOR GENERATION
3.6 THE RCS_NODE
3.7 AN ORGANIZATION OF RCS_NODES
3.8 HIERARCHICAL LEVELS
3.9 FOCUS OF ATTENTION
3.10 A NOTIONAL 4D/RCS CONCEPT FOR FCS
3.11 4D/RCS FOR DEMO III
3.12 THE INTER-NODE INTERACTIONS WITHIN A HIERARCHY
3.13 COMMAND VOCABULARIES
3.14 COMMAND AND PLAN STRUCTURE
3.15 REPLANNING
3.16 TWO KINDS OF PLANS
4.0 ENGINEERING GUIDELINES
4.1 BEHAVIOR GENERATION
4.2 WORLD MODELING
4.3 VALUE JUDGMENT
4.4 KNOWLEDGE DATABASE
4.4.1 Signals
4.4.2 Entities
4.4.3 Classes of Entities
4.4.4 Images
4.4.5 Images and Frames
4.4.6 Image Field of View
4.4.7 Maps
4.4.8 Events
4.4.9 Event Grouping
4.4.10 Timing
4.4.11 Temporal Persistence of Representation
4.4.12 Knowledge of Rules of Mathematics and Logic
4.4.13 Knowledge of Rules of Physics
4.4.14 Knowledge of Value
4.5 SENSORY PROCESSING
4.5.1 Sensor Processing (SP) Functionality
4.5.2 A Typical Processing Node
4.5.3 Hypothesize and Test
4.5.4 Recursive Estimation
4.5.5 Pyramids of Scale
4.5.6 Levels of Sensory Processing
5.0 GENERIC SHELL
6.0 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION
REFERENCES

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