Space Applications of a Minimization Algorithm

A detailed account is given of the application of a minimization program to several design problems. Specifically these applications are concerned with the design of a curve function generator for a mass spectrometer for a proposed Mars probe and the design of autonomous shift registers with linear and nonlinear feedback, used for classification of binary sequences and counting tasks for spacecraft scientific data processing. Copyright © 1969 by The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.