Advanced Computing Concepts and Techniques in Control Engineering

by Michael J. Denham (editor)

I. Artificial Intelligence and Expert Systems.- Aspects of Expert Systems.- Qualitative Modelling of Physical Systems for Knowledge Based Control.- Computer Algebra Algorithms for Nonlinear Control.- Pandore.- II. Discrete-Event and Distributed Systems.- A Control Theory for Discrete-Event Systems.- The Complexity of Some Basic Control Problems for Discrete Event Systems.- A Petri-Net Approach to the Control of Discrete-Event Systems.- Temporal Logic and Extended State Machines in Discrete Event Control.- An Overview of Distributed System Construction Using Conic.- Structural Design of Decentralized Control Systems.- III. Algorithms for Advanced Architectures.- Matrix Computations on Shared-Memory Multiprocessors.- Hypercube Implementation of Some Parallel Algorithms in Control.- Load Balancing and Partitioning for Parallel Signal Processing and Control Algorithms.- Systolic Algorithms for Digital Signal Processing and Control.- IV. Contributed Papers.- Microcomputer Based Expert Control and Adaptive PID Control.- Supervisory Control of Discrete Event Processes with Arbitrary Controls.- High Speed RLS Parameter Estimation by Systolic-Like Arrays.- Intelligent Control Specification Language Compilers, the Q-Parameterization, and Convex Concepts for an Advanced Computer-Aided Control System Design Method.- A Design Environment for Computer-Aided Control System Design via Multi-Objective Optimisation.- a Real-time Language for Control.

536 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 1988