title: The problem of assuring performance robustness of biological life support systems.
abstract: A perspective of the process of obtaining performance robustness of space exploration life support systems is presented.  Some useful definitions are made, some relevant issues are addressed, and a procedure for establishing performance robustness, so far as it now known, is explained.  An example is given to illustrate the procedure.
authors.affiliation: The Bionetics Corporation, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035-1000, USA.
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Blackwell
mesh_terms: D000389:Air Conditioning; D018556:Crops, Agricultural; D018504:Ecological Systems, Closed; D008021:Life Support Systems; D008433:Mathematics; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D013597:Systems Analysis; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis; D013696:Temperature