Heterogeneous Telescope Networks

The eSTAR Project

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eSTAR test run (http://www.estar.org.uk/press_releases/03-09-03_1.html) in Sept. 2003
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eSTAR test run (http://www.estar.org.uk/press_releases/03-09-03_1.html) in Sept. 2003

The eSTAR (http://www.estar.org.uk/) project has created a mulit-agent system which is currently used to provide rapid response to Gamma-Ray Burst alerts, and which will soon be used to provide reactive monitoring of exoplanet microlensing events. They use intelligent agent technology to carry out resource discovery, submit observation requests, and analyse the reduced data returned from a network of robotic telescopes working in an observational gird.