The problem of designing complex dependable systems is addressed in this paper. Due to some peculiarities of their application and behavior these are often referred to as reactive systems. Two main paradigms for their...
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The problem of designing complex dependable systems is addressed in this paper. Due to some peculiarities of their application and behavior these are often referred to as reactive systems. Two main paradigms for their design have recently been proposed; we name these paradigms living processes and hidden concurrency, depending on their approach to concurrency handling. The analysis of application requirements and constraints is proposed as a methodology for selecting the most suitable implementation paradigm for a given application. Finally, it is shown that in some cases an intermediate paradigm may provide a suitable solution.
This paper gives an industrial application of advanced control strategies using basic functions available in distributedcontrolsystems (DCS). The process under study is an industrial full-scale closed-loop grinding ...
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This paper gives an industrial application of advanced control strategies using basic functions available in distributedcontrolsystems (DCS). The process under study is an industrial full-scale closed-loop grinding circuit where pulp solid mass fraction is to be controlled at the mill and at the cyclones. An algebraic implementation of a Kalman filter is used to evaluate the unmeasured pulp solid mass fraction at the mill discharge using mass balance relations. A static decoupler is used to eliminate the interaction between the two controlled variables. Open-loop adaptation is used to take into account the non-linearity of the process in conjunction with an internal model controller.
Feedback control loops implemented via a distributedcomputercontrol system are susceptible to timingjitter during both sampling and signal reconstruction. The effect of jitter can be quantified in the frequency doma...
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Feedback control loops implemented via a distributedcomputercontrol system are susceptible to timingjitter during both sampling and signal reconstruction. The effect of jitter can be quantified in the frequency domain as a filter which shapes the loop response. A control loop is examined under both read-in and read-out jitter for two types of jitter distribution. Simulation results confirm the effect of jitter as predicted by the jitter filter. For the control loop discussed, both read-in and read-out jitter degrade performance (phase margin is reduced), while read-out jitter improves the controller stability (gain margin is increased).
In this paper we present NEXUS, an extension of an operating system designed for integrating the software elements of a mobile robot. It facilitates the integration of programs developed by different people, reducing ...
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In this paper we present NEXUS, an extension of an operating system designed for integrating the software elements of a mobile robot. It facilitates the integration of programs developed by different people, reducing the cost and complexity of the whole application. It is based on a subscription/production design, and on modular and object-oriented programming techniques. This makes the software implemented on it less sensitive to changes than typical monolithic architectures. NEXUS provides the facilities required in most robot vehicles software architectures, such as inter-process communications, error recovery system, graphical user interfaces, etc. Other important features are its distributed nature , its hierarchical error recovery system, and the real-time capabilities that it inherits from the underlying operating system. NEXUS has been developed for mobile robots, but its design has been made generic enough for programming other robotic system, such as manipulators, teleoperation systems, etc Firstly, we comment some reasons that justify the development of this type of framework, then we describe the internal structure and the most important features of NEXUS, and finally we outline some implementation issues and how a set of modules designed for our mobile robot RAM-2 have been integrated using NEXUS
This paper presents a hardware architecture for supporting distributed real-time operating systems. It proposes the use of dedicated hardware units for running task scheduling and communication, in order to alleviate ...
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This paper presents a hardware architecture for supporting distributed real-time operating systems. It proposes the use of dedicated hardware units for running task scheduling and communication, in order to alleviate the load on the processor responsible for running the application tasks. These hardware units also compute the execution time of application tasks, and other statistics that can be taken into account by more sophisticated scheduling algorithms. The proposal enhances the overall system predictability. Since it is based on low-cost microcontrollers, it represents a cost-effective alternative for developing low-cost distributed real-time systems. Copyright (C) 1997 Elsevier Science Ltd.
This paper presents a hardware architecture for supporting distributed realtime operating systems. It proposes the use of dedicated hardware units for running task scheduling and communication, in order to alleviate t...
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This paper presents a hardware architecture for supporting distributed realtime operating systems. It proposes the use of dedicated hardware units for running task scheduling and communication, in order to alleviate the load of the processor responsible for running the application tasks. These hardware units also compute the execution time of application tasks and other statistics that can be taken into account by more elaborated scheduling algorithms. The proposal enhances the overall system predictability. Since the proposal is based on low-cost microcontrollers, it represents a cost-effective proposal for developing low-cost distributed real-rime systems.
The growing number of electronic components used in automobiles has given rise to problems concerning the increasing number, size and weight of the wiring harnesses. As one approach to resolve these problems, multiple...
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The growing number of electronic components used in automobiles has given rise to problems concerning the increasing number, size and weight of the wiring harnesses. As one approach to resolve these problems, multiplexed wiring systems using automotive communication protocol such as controller Area Network(CAN), Advanced PALMNET and J1850 have been developed by many automobile companies. In order to compare these protocols quantitatively, this paper presents the performance evaluation of CAN and Advanced PALMNET via discrete event simulation. Through numerous simulation experiments, several important quantitative performance factors such as the probability of a transmission failure, average system delay(data latency), and throughput have been evaluated.
This article introduces a DCCS architecture and protocol mechanisms designed for application areas for which the major attributes are high reliability and hard real-time operation. The application domains addressed ar...
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This article introduces a DCCS architecture and protocol mechanisms designed for application areas for which the major attributes are high reliability and hard real-time operation. The application domains addressed are characterized by a large number of network nodes and a considerable amount of sporadically occurring data. Design rules are derived from the fundamentals of distributed real-time computing and the requirements of the target application domains leading to an advantageous system concept. This concept provides an active error detection and notification mechanism, as opposed to the fail-silent paradigm. The system architecture makes use of existing standards and components where possible.
This paper presents an overview of the evolution of factory communications and related standards, ranging from industrial network standards 1 such as MAP 2 , up to distributed platfonns like OSF/DCE 3 and OMG/CORBA 4 ...
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This paper presents an overview of the evolution of factory communications and related standards, ranging from industrial network standards 1 such as MAP 2 , up to distributed platfonns like OSF/DCE 3 and OMG/CORBA 4 This overview has a particular emphasis on the advantages and constraints of distributed platforms as a means to support shop floor communications. The underlying work stems from and complements that of a previous paper (Santos et al.,1997) presenting a specific view on distributed platforms towards CIMOSA integrating infrastructure implementation.
Integrated Ship controlsystems can be designed as robust, distributed, autonomous controlsystems. The EU funded ATOMOS and ATOMOS II projects involves both technical and non technical aspects of this process. A refe...
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Integrated Ship controlsystems can be designed as robust, distributed, autonomous controlsystems. The EU funded ATOMOS and ATOMOS II projects involves both technical and non technical aspects of this process. A reference modeling concept giving an outline of a generic ISC system covering the network and the equipment connected to it, a framework for verification of network functionality and performance by simulation and a general distribution platform for ISC systems, The ATOMOS Network, are results of this work.
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