Asynchronous Discrete Control of Continuous Processes.

Abstract

This research concerns the analysis and synthesis of asynchronous systems that contain discrete-state feedback compensators for continuous state plants. New tools for characterizing both the interfaces and the signals present in these intrinsically hybrid systems were developed. Generalizations of automata theory to real number alphabets were pursued and the application of semigroup theory to the dynamics of such systems has allowed for novel approaches for characterizing the internal state of asynchronous systems to be derived. A simulator for these 'asynchronous machines' has been written and allows us to bridge the gap between ideal systems, on one hand, and systems with physically constrained processing times, on the other.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 24, 1986
Accession Number
ADA174525

Entities

People

  • Martin E. Kaliski

Organizations

  • Northeastern University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Alphabets
  • Asynchronous Systems
  • Automata
  • Automata Theory
  • Clocks
  • Computer Science
  • Computers
  • Control Systems
  • Feedback
  • Formal Languages
  • Insensitive Explosives
  • Notation
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Real Numbers
  • Simulations
  • Simulators

Readers

  • Mathematical Modeling and Probability Theory.
  • Robotics and Automation.
  • Systems Analysis and Design