An interactive language for computer-aided identification and control system design

A new interactive command language was developed to implement integrated computer-aided design in computer control applications. It is intended to operate at the supervisory level in a real-time hierarchical system.The integrated approach is based on convolution algebra and provides a unified conceptual framework for studying the behaviour of practical systems in the time domain. Consequently, as an alternative to choosing fixed system structures and design procedures, the user may evaluate experimental procedures suggested by the underlying theory.The language has been implemented on a minicomputer at Bradford University and applied to industrial control problems. The highly flexible and practical aspects of the language are demonstrated.