Computer Aided Systems Theory - EUROCAST '97: A Selection of Papers from the Sixth International Workshop on Computer Aided Systems Theory, Las Palmas [Paperback]

This book constitutes a refereed post-workshop selection of papers presented at the 6th International Workshop on Computer-Aided Systems Theory, EUROCAST'97, held in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, in February 1997. The 50 revised full papers presented were carefully selected for inclusion in the volume. The book is divided into sections on design environments and tools, theory and methods, engineering systems, intelligent systems, signal processing, and specific methods and applications.A system for designing parallel processor arrays.- On the role of architectures in systems engineering.- An approach to safety critical systems design.- Extensions and semantics of controller state diagrams for practical applications.- Design and implementation of an energy management system for an integrated iron and steel plant.- Representation and management of memory and decision in evolving software systems.- G E M  A generic engineering framework for mechanical engineering based upon meta models.- Formal representation and proof of the interpreted sequential machine model.- Modelling of concurrent and embedded systems.- A dense-time temporal logic with nice compositionality properties.- Introducing planning in discrete event systems.- Multirate control of a class of nonlinear systems.- Global structural approximate controllability of polynomial nonlinear systems.- Vectorized simulations of normal processes for first crossing-time problems.- An architecture for complex systems.- Model-based system design for engineering (T3SD) and general system logical theory.- Design of nonlinear lag-lead compensators by extended linearization using symbolic computation techniques.- A numerical computation for declarative expressions.- An automatic calculator with penrose diagrams.- Cognitive modeling for navigation of mobile robots using the sensory gradient concept.- Fuzzy traffic police for autonomous vehicles.- Object-oriented model of an open communication architecture for flexible mlC&