Control based on discrete-event models of continuous systems

A control stategy based on a possibly non-deterministic discrete-event model of a continuous system is proposed. Such a model can arise when a continuous plant is to be supervised by some computer program which uses discrete state information. The discrete-event representation of the continuous system will often be non-deterministic and therefore difficult to control. The contol method proposed exploits the fact that the original system is continuous. An example shows the possibilities of the control method.