Towards automation of control software: A review of challenges in mechatronic design

Mechatronics

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 876-886

  Alvarez Cabrera, A A ^a   Foeken, M J ^b   Tekin, O A ^a   Woestenenk, K ^c   Erden, M S ^a   De Schutter, B ^a   Van Tooren, M J L ^b   Babuska R ^a   Van Houten, F J A M ^c   Tomiyama, T ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Control software generation; Design methods; Design tools; Development challenges; Function modeling; Integration; Knowledge base; Mechatronics

Indexed keywords

ABSTRACTING; CONCURRENCY CONTROL; INTEGRATION; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; MECHATRONICS; VERIFICATION;

CONTROL SOFTWARE; DESIGN METHOD; DESIGN TOOL; DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGES; FUNCTION MODELING; KNOWLEDGE BASE;

SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 78649514480     PISSN: 09574158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mechatronics.2010.05.003     Document Type: Article

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