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NASA · NASA-449 · record R0247

TAPAS (Track Augmentation and Performance Analysis System)

National Aeronautics and Space Administration · JPL: Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Overview

Development stage
In development or acquisitionSource: a) Pre-deployment – The use case is in a development or acquisition status.
High-impact designation
Not high-impactSource: c) Not high-impact
Impact justification
Not reported
Start date
Not reported
Withheld from public reporting
NoSource: a) No

Mission

Topic area
Science
Operational functions
No function tag matched Derived by keyword rules; see methodology

Problem the AI is intended to solve

TAPAS is a tool for automating the comparison of DSN telemetry data, designed to help DSN operators find potential anomalies faster and more efficiently.

Expected benefits

It has three autonomous functions: an automatic comparative analysis of a given track against a set of historical tracks, anomaly detection compared to a reference normal track, and statistical difference comparison between two given tracks. By using TAPAS, DSN operators can quickly identify discrepancies in the telemetry data and respond to them more effectively.

System outputs

anomalies

Technology

AI classification
Classical / predictive MLSource: Classical/Predictive Machine Learning: Models trained on data to make predictions or classifications based on identified patterns or relatio…
System name(s)
Not reported
Custom-developed code
Not reported
Public source code
Not reported

Sourcing

How it was built
Not reported
Vendor (as reported)
Not reported
Vendors (standardized)
None on the standard list

A vendor is the supplier named by the agency. It does not identify the underlying model or AI technology.

Data and privacy

Involves PII
Not reported
Privacy Impact Assessment
Not reported
Authorization to Operate
Not reported
Demographic features
Not reported
Training and evaluation data
Not reported
Federal Data Catalog
Not reported

Governance

0 of 8 minimum-practice questions answered. A blank answer means the agency reported nothing; it does not mean the practice is absent.

Pre-deployment testingNo answer reported
AI impact assessmentNo answer reported
Independent reviewNo answer reported
Ongoing monitoringNo answer reported
Operator trainingNo answer reported
Fail-safeNo answer reported
Appeal processNo answer reported
User and public consultationNo answer reported

Potential impacts and how they were identified

Not reported