A method for users´ requirements specification for control of hybrid systems

Author

Guéguen, Hervé ; Chlique, Pierre

Author_Institution

SUPELEC, Rennes, France

fYear

1993

fDate

17-20 Oct 1993

Firstpage

687

Abstract

The users´ requirements specification is an important part in the development of the control of systems. A new method, which guides the expression of these requirements, is described. This one leans on a model which is organised in a hierarchy based on levels of abstraction and uses formalisms which are oriented to nonspecialists. The model is structured by an object-oriented approach and the expected behaviours are specified with Statecharts. This allows the final users to take part in the formalising of their requirements and facilitates the dialogue among the various people which are involved in the development. This method is especially suited to hybrid systems as it uses the same technique to take into account continuous and discrete events aspects

Keywords

control engineering; process control; Statecharts; hybrid system control; object-oriented approach; process control; users´ requirements specification; Control systems; Costs; Electrical equipment industry; Industrial control; Monitoring; Object oriented modeling; Process control; Production systems; Software engineering; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Systems, Man and Cybernetics, 1993. 'Systems Engineering in the Service of Humans', Conference Proceedings., International Conference on

Conference_Location

Le Touquet

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0911-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICSMC.1993.384955

Filename

384955