ASM and controller synthesis

Richard Banach*, Huibiao Zhu, Wen Su, Xiaofeng Wu

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Abstract

While many systems are naturally viewed as the interaction between a controller subsystem and a controlled, or plant subsystem, they are often most easily understood and designed monolithically. A practical implementation needs to separate controller from plant. We study the problem of when a monolithic ASM system can be split into controller and plant subsystems along syntactic lines derived from variables' natural affiliations. We give restrictions that enable the split to be carried out cleanly, and we give conditions that ensure that the resulting pair of controller and plant subsystems have the same behaviours as the original design. We illustrate the theory with a case study concerning eating with chopsticks. This leads to an extension of controller synthesis for continuous ASM systems, which are briefly covered. The case study is then extended into the continuous sphere.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAbstract State Machines, Alloy, B, VDM, and Z - Third International Conference, ABZ 2012, Proceedings
Pages51-64
Number of pages14
DOIs
StatePublished - 2012
Event3rd International Conference on Abstract State Machines, Alloy, B, VDM, and Z, ABZ 2012 - Pisa, Italy
Duration: 18 Jun 201221 Jun 2012

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume7316 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference3rd International Conference on Abstract State Machines, Alloy, B, VDM, and Z, ABZ 2012
Country/TerritoryItaly
CityPisa
Period18/06/1221/06/12

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