Redesign distributed PLC control systems using IEC 61499 function blocks

IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 390-401

  Dai, Wenbin ^a   Vyatkin, Valeriy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Data handling in distributed system; distributed control systems design; IEC 61131 3; IEC 61499; programmable logical controllers (PLC)

Indexed keywords

BAGGAGE HANDLING SYSTEM; CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES; DESIGN STYLES; DISTRIBUTED CONTROL; DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS; EVENT-DRIVEN ARCHITECTURES; FUNCTION BLOCK; HANDLING EFFICIENCY; IEC 61499; IEC61131-3; MAPPING RULES; OBJECT ORIENTED; PLC CONTROL SYSTEMS; PLC CONTROLS; PROGRAMMABLE LOGICAL CONTROLLER;

BAGGAGE HANDLING; DATA HANDLING; DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER CONTROL SYSTEMS;

STANDARDS;

EID: 84859765626     PISSN: 15455955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TASE.2012.2188794     Document Type: Article

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