A prototype for hardware-in-the-loop simulation of a distributed control architecture

IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics Part C: Applications and Reviews

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 189-200

  Mahalik, Nitaigour P ^a   Kim, Kiseon ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Autonomous systems; Control systems and networks; Distributed control; Hardware in the loop (HIL); Sensor networks

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER CONTROL SYSTEMS; EMBEDDED SYSTEMS; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; SENSOR NETWORKS; SOFTWARE PROTOTYPING;

AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS; CONTROL SOFTWARE; DISTRIBUTED CONTROL ARCHITECTURE; HARDWARE-IN-THE-LOOP SIMULATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 40949144863     PISSN: 10946977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSMCC.2007.913891     Document Type: Article

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