Temporal saling for neutrons中子的时间尺度.pptVIP

11-12 November 2004 Marek Zreda, for CRONUS Meeting, Denver ITR: Collaborative research: software for interpretation of cosmogenic isotope inventories - a combination of geology, modeling, software engineering and artificial intelligence Software for all occasions Structure of software Two challenges Two challenges Objectives Objectives Not an objective Three-tiered architecture * Marek Zreda, U. Arizona - isotopes, modeling Elizabeth Bradley, U. Colorado - artificial intelligence Ken Anderson, U. Colorado - software engineering Funded by: NSF/IIS/EAR Duration: 2003 - 2008 Budget: $1.6M Software will satisfy computation and information needs in six areas: (1) production rate calibration and scaling; (2) calculation of individual sample age using production rates from item 1 above; (3) calculation of surface exposure age (also called apparent age) of the landform from multiple sample ages (each calculated from item 2); (4) calculation of model age of the landform (correcting item 3 for geological processes that affect apparent age); (5) compiling information necessary for production rate calculations (raw physical, chemical, and geological data); (6) compiling information on existing and potential applications (what can be dated and how). The artificial intelligence core links databases (knowledge, information and data storage) and models (geological and mathematical) on one side, with field and laboratory data on the other side, to produce results (numerical output, interpretation, speculations and theorizing, and advice on further course of action). Solid lines and arrows show input of information and data; dashed lines and arrows show requests and feedback. Challenge 1: Integration. Effective analysis of geochemical data requires a heterogeneous collection of tools and techniques, applied in the right order to the right data, and guided by the right interpretation. Each analysis method rests upon different facets of the underlying science and demands different