FeedNetBack-D01.04 - Tool Specifications

J.I. Jimenez (1) , Manuel Lopez (1) , P. Smyth (2) , Giambattista Gennari (3) , Davide Raimondo (4) , P. Donaggio (3) , S. Gasparella (3) , B. Lain (3) , Jan Opderbecke (5) , Luca Schenato (6) , Daniel Simon (7) , T. Oechtering (8) , Carlo Fischione (9)

1 ISA - Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering [Sevilla]
2 OMG Plc
3 Videotec R&D
4 Automatic Control Laboratory [Zurich]
5 SM - Unité Systèmes Sous-Marins
6 DEI - Dipartimento di Ingegneria de l'Informazione [Padova]
7 NECS - Networked Controlled Systems
8 KTH - KTH Royal Institute of Technology [Stockholm]
9 Automatic Control Group [Lund]

FEEDNETBACK deals with problems arising in networked control applications, whose solution requires putting together the instruments of different disciplines, namely control theory, communication and information theory, and computer science. Each of these disciplines has its own characteristics in terms of problems that are typically faced, and in terms of the requirements which are typically desirable in the systems to be designed. Therefore, it is necessary to integrate in a software different functionalities in order to simulate correctly the behavior of the whole set. This deliverable focuses on the different tool specifications which are proper in the simulators of each of these disciplines and significant in the class of problems considered in the present project. In this way, we first present a survey on available tools for each of these disciplines, in which we analyze the functionalities than can be used to simulate the behavior of networked control systems. Next, we explore how existing tools can be combined in order to provide different functionalities with good results. After this overview, we present a discussion about the guidelines for determining the tools functionalities related to control, communication and computation which make sense in networked control systems. Especially we focus on the case studies developed in work packages WP7 and WP8, respectively Smart camera networks for surveillance and motion capture and Application to underwater exploration by multi-agent systems. Finally, we determine the functionalities and specifications that will serve as guidelines for the tool development efforts of work packages WP2-5. This report presents the functionalities and specifications of the computational tools that enable the simulation of networked control systems, and thus, the application of theoretical results. This document is an input to WP2-5 where the described tool set will be developed. 2

Domaines: Automatique

J.I. Jimenez, Manuel Lopez, P. Smyth, Giambattista Gennari, Davide Raimondo, et al.. FeedNetBack-D01.04 - Tool Specifications. [Contract] -. 2010. ⟨inria-00536949⟩