Supervisory control and formal methods for distributed systems

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1992-08-28

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İnan, Kemal

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A brief introductory exposure for logical discrete event system models is presented. Based on a specific version of this model tailored to supervisory control, some of the mainstream supervisory control problems are formulated in a unified framework. Formal methods used in software engineering has certain computational and structural similarities to supervisory control and unlike the latter, is closely connected to realistic and widespread practical applications. Formal specification, verification, implementation and testing problems for distributed software are briefly explained. A typical protocol design problem in the context of a layered and peer-leveled architecture is rigorously formulated and discussed. Reasons as to why the simplistic supervisory control formulation — or the protocol synthesis problem in the language of protocol engineering — is unrealistic as a design approach are presented. In contrast to protocol design problem, the protocol conversion (gateway) problem is formulated and possible merits of supervisory control approach as a design method are discussed.

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Automation, Control systems, Formal method, Supervisory control, Discrete event system, Progressive process, Partial observation

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/63358

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K. İnan, “Supervisory control and formal methods for distributed systems,” 1992, vol. 13, p. 29, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/63358.