A fully automated framework for control of linear systems from temporal logic specifications

IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 287-297

  Kloetzer, Marius ^a   Belta, Calin ^a  

^a Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

Control; Model checking; Temporal logic; Transition systems

Indexed keywords

CONTROL STRATEGIES; FEEDBACK CONTROL LAW; FOLLOWING PROBLEM; ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLES; INITIAL STATE; LINEAR TEMPORAL LOGIC; STATE SPACE; STATE VARIABLES; TEMPORAL LOGIC SPECIFICATIONS; TRANSITION SYSTEM;

CLOSED LOOP SYSTEMS; CONTROL THEORY; FEEDBACK; LINEAR SYSTEMS; STATE FEEDBACK; TEMPORAL LOGIC;

MODEL CHECKING;

EID: 78149251525     PISSN: 00189286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAC.2007.914952     Document Type: Conference Paper

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