Developing a CASE tool for distributed control applications

International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 24-31

  Thramboulidis, Kleanthis C ^a   Tranoris, Chris S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Distributed control applications; Engineering support system (ESS); Function block; IEC 61499; IPMCS CASE tool

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; GATEWAYS (COMPUTER NETWORKS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROCESS CONTROL; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; XML;

CUSTOM SCRIPTING LANGUAGE; ENGINEERING SUPPORT SYSTEM (ESS); FIELDBUS; FUNCTION BLOCK;

DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 4043175660     PISSN: 02683768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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