Task level specification and formal verification of robotics control systems: State of the art and case study

International Journal of Systems Science

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1227-1245

  Kapellos, K ^a   Simon, B ^b   Jourdant, M ^b   Espiau, B ^b  

^a INRIA   (France)

^b Institut National de Recherche en Information et en Automatique Rhône Alpes   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISCRETE TIME CONTROL SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOTION CONTROL; MOTION PLANNING;

FORMAL VERIFICATIONS; ROBOTICS CONTROL SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE PACKAGE ORCCAD; TASK LEVEL SPECIFICATIONS;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 0033360334     PISSN: 00207721     EISSN: 14645319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/002077299291697     Document Type: Article

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