Partially-supervised plants : embedding control requirements in plant components

J. Markovski, D.A. Beek, van, J.C.M. Baeten

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    Abstract

    Supervisory control deals with automated synthesis of controllers based on models of the uncontrolled system and the control requirements. In this paper we share the lessons learned from synthesizing controllers for a patient support system of an MRI scanner regarding the specification of the control requirements. We learned that strictly following the philosophy of supervisory control, which partitions specifications in an uncontrolled plant and control requirements, may lead to unnecessarily complex specifications and duplication of information. In such cases, the specification can be substantially simplified by embedding part of the control requirements in so-called partially-supervised plants. To formalize the new concepts, we apply a recently developed process-theoretic approach to supervisory control. The new method for analysis of the models provides a better insight into their underlying behavior, which is demonstrated by revisiting the models of the industrial study.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationIntegrated Formal Methods (9th International Conference, IFM 2012, Pisa, Italy, June 18-21, 2012. Proceedings)
    EditorsJ. Derrick, S. Gnesi, D. Latella, H. Treharne
    Place of PublicationBerlin
    PublisherSpringer
    Pages253-267
    ISBN (Print)978-3-642-30728-7
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2012

    Publication series

    NameLecture Notes in Computer Science
    Volume7321
    ISSN (Print)0302-9743

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