The task of guaranteeing that processes meet their deadlines is one of the most complex in the design of hard real-time control systems. This paper describes how process scheduling has been integrated into a framework...
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The task of guaranteeing that processes meet their deadlines is one of the most complex in the design of hard real-time control systems. This paper describes how process scheduling has been integrated into a framework of tools for the development of such systems. Functional specifications in the form of control system block diagrams are translated by the Framework into real-time source code which may be executed in a parallel processing environment. The automated off-line scheduling tool takes process specifications from the system under development and attempts to map these processes to the processors in such a way that all the system deadlines are met by using a detailed model of the run-time environment.
At the preparatory stage for connecting the Czech power systems to the West European UCPTE system, corrections for frequency must be included in the output power control, i.e. the primary control must be introduced. T...
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At the preparatory stage for connecting the Czech power systems to the West European UCPTE system, corrections for frequency must be included in the output power control, i.e. the primary control must be introduced. The result of the detailed analysis was a model of primary output power control of the block and a new power system control of Czech coal power plants. In the new power system control, an adaptive or robust controller will be used for operation stabilisation
The Development Framework provides a highly automatic translation from a specification to an implementation. The specification is in a popular, graphical controlengineering notation typically representing a system wi...
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The Development Framework provides a highly automatic translation from a specification to an implementation. The specification is in a popular, graphical controlengineering notation typically representing a system with stringent reliability requirements and hard real time constraints. An interface has been constructed between the Development Framework and the commercially available dependability modelling tool, SURF-2. This tool is designed to support an evaluation based design approach. Multiple design solutions can be compared to assess the implications of design decisions on the dependability of the system under development. The software demonstration will show how the interface between the Development Framework and SURF-2 is used to model the inclusion of selected fault tolerant mechanisms in the system under development.< >
In various adaptive estimation applications, the unknown channel is characterized by an impulse response which consists of extended regions of negligible response or 'inactivity'. We consider the LMS estimatio...
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In various adaptive estimation applications, the unknown channel is characterized by an impulse response which consists of extended regions of negligible response or 'inactivity'. We consider the LMS estimation of a channel that may be well approximated by an FIR (filter) model with only a few nonzero tap coefficients within a given delay horizon or tap length n. When the number of nonzero tap coefficients m is small compared to the delay horizon n, the performance of the LMS estimator is greatly enhanced when this specific structure is exploited. We propose a consistent algorithm that performs identification of nonzero taps only.
We give an exposition to an ongoing research effort in cooperation with aerospace industries in Sweden. We report on an application of formal verification techniques on a landing gear system. This system consists of a...
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We give an exposition to an ongoing research effort in cooperation with aerospace industries in Sweden. We report on an application of formal verification techniques on a landing gear system. This system consists of actuating hydromechanic and electromechanic hardware, and of controlling software components. We emphasize the need for modelling techniques and languages covering the whole spectrum from informal engineering documents, to hybrid mathematical models. In this modelling process we give as much weight to the physical environment as to the controlling software. We show the application of two verification methods for proving safety and timeliness properties of the closed loop system; first, using the proof system of extended duration calculus, and second by symbolic model checking.
The Digital Wave Processor, DWP [1-10], is an example of a dependable distributed system which has been built and will be flown on the ESA/NASA Cluster satellites. Pre-flight testing of the DWP instruments is nearly c...
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Adjustable speed drive systems using AC‐machines are often fed by voltage‐source inverters. This paper presents a new strategy to control the line‐side converter. State‐space and fuzzy methods are combined to achi...
An intelligent and dependable voting mechanism for use in real-time control applications is presented. Strategies proposed by current safety standards advocate N-version software to minimise the effects from undetecte...
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An intelligent and dependable voting mechanism for use in real-time control applications is presented. Strategies proposed by current safety standards advocate N-version software to minimise the effects from undetected software design faults (bugs). This requires diversity in design but presents a problem that truly diverse code produces diverse results, that is, differences in output values, timeliness and reliability. To reach a consensus requires an intelligent voter, especially when non stop operation is demanded, e.g. aerospace applications. This paper, therefore, firstly considers the applicable safety standards and the requirements for an intelligent voter service. The use of replicated voters to improve reliability is examined and a mechanism to ensure non stop operation is presented. The formal mathematical analysis used to verify the crucial behavioural properties of the voting service design is detailed. Finally the creation of N-version redundant voters are considered using Neural nets and Genetic Algorithms.
An intelligent and robust voting service for real-time distributed control systems is proposed. Three novel features of the voter are described. Firstly, the voter is distributed using a primary site algorithm. This a...
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This paper analyzes the noise error, in both the module and the argument in the calculation of the gradient vector of the images illumination function. The results show that the behavior of the argument is more robust...
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This paper analyzes the noise error, in both the module and the argument in the calculation of the gradient vector of the images illumination function. The results show that the behavior of the argument is more robust than that of the module. A proposal is made for a symbolic analysis of the argument of the gradient vector to detect the contour of the objects in the image. This shows that it is possible to use smaller windows to calculate the gradient vector without infringing the contradiction proposed by Marr and Hildreth (1980) and Canny (1983). Finally, a description is given of an edge detection algorithm where their most important characteristics are: a) it introduces a symbolic analysis of the argument of the gradient vector to detect edges; and b) It uses smaller window to approximate the value of the gradient vector allowing to locate the edge with precision.
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