We have developped a new method for the scheduling of astronomical automatic telescopes, in the framework of the autonomous TAROT instrument. The MAJORDOME software can handle a variety of observations, constrained, periodic, etc., and produces a timeline for the night, which may be modified at any time to take into account the specific conditions of the night. The MAJORDOME can also handle target of opportunity observations without delay.
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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0111087,
title = {Flexible Automatic Scheduling For Autonomous Telescopes: The MAJORDOME},
author = {M. Bringer and M. Boer and C. Peignot and G. Fontan and C. Merce},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0111087},
year = {2009}
}
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16 pages, 6 figures, to appear in Experimental Astronomy