Title :
Software for Next Generation Automation and Control
Author :
Chouinard, Julien ; Brennan, Robert
Author_Institution :
ICS Triplex ISaGRAF Inc., Brossard, QC
Abstract :
The current trend in automation and control research has been toward "intelligent" systems that are intended to adapt quickly to change while providing extensibility through a modular, distributed design. The key to integration of these systems lies in their control software; however the main barrier to flexibility lies in the difficulties associated with the development of this software. In this paper, we look at the basic requirements for this next generation of automation and control systems and introduce a new software tool that is based on the IEC 61499 standard that is intended to address the issue of software development.
Keywords :
IEC standards; control engineering computing; software engineering; IEC 61499 standard; automation software; control software; distributed design; intelligent systems; next generation automation; next generation control; software development; software tool; Automatic control; Automatic generation control; Control systems; Design automation; IEC standards; Intelligent systems; Programming; Software standards; Software tools; Standards development;
Conference_Titel :
Industrial Informatics, 2006 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Singapore
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9700-2
Electronic_ISBN :
0-7803-9701-0
DOI :
10.1109/INDIN.2006.275694
