Title :
Automatic synthesis of control software for an industrial automation control system
Author_Institution :
Dipt. di Matematica Pura ed Applicata, l´´Aquila Univ., Italy
Abstract :
We present a case study on automatic synthesis of control software from formal specifications for an industrial automation control system. Our aim is to compare the effectiveness (i.e. design effort and controller quality) of automatic controller synthesis from closed loop formal specifications with that of manual controller design, followed by automatic verification. Our experimental results show that for industrial automation control systems, automatic synthesis is a viable and profitable (especially as far as design effort is concerned) alternative to manual design, followed by automatic verification
Keywords :
automatic programming; closed loop systems; control system analysis computing; formal specification; industrial control; program verification; automatic controller synthesis; automatic verification; case study; closed loop formal specifications; control software synthesis; controller quality; design effort; formal specifications; industrial automation control system; manual controller design; Automatic control; Circuit synthesis; Computer industry; Control system synthesis; Control systems; Electrical equipment industry; Industrial control; Manufacturing automation; Manufacturing industries; Production;
Conference_Titel :
Automated Software Engineering, 1999. 14th IEEE International Conference on.
Conference_Location :
Cocoa Beach, FL
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-0415-9
DOI :
10.1109/ASE.1999.802292
