Event-based control: Overview and generic model

The event-based sampling and control gained much interest in last years, since they allow better resource utilization and a straightforward implementation. A large number of different event-based approaches and algorithms have been proposed. This diversity may confuse a practical engineer that has to implement an event-based control and is not sure what approach he should choose. This paper attempts to classify different event-based control methods by introducing an appropriate generic model. Different variants of realization of event-based elements are characterized. At the end, it is demonstrated how the methods developed until now can be described using the introduced model.