Browsing by Author "van Tooren, M. J. L."

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    Object-Oriented Simulation Model Generation in an Automated Control Software Development Framework
    (Cranfield University Press, 2009-03-31) Foeken, M. J.; van Tooren, M. J. L.; Rajkumar Roy; Essam Shehab
    The automated development of control software for mechatronic systems requires the integration of control models for design and verification purposes. To obtain high-fidelity models, unintended behaviour of the system must be taken into account which requires knowledge about the systems architecture and component interaction. Furthermore, integration of design and analysis tools into a meta-model framework is needed to exchange system information. This paper discusses the use of Modelica to organise libraries and model the behaviour of systems in this framework, and the need for a knowledge-based tool to automatically generate these models.
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    Structured Design Automation
    (Cranfield University Press, 2009-03-31) van Tooren, M. J. L.; van der Elst, S. W. G.; Vermeulen, B.; Rajkumar Roy; Essam Shehab
    The next stage in product development process evolution should be the automation of labour intensive repetitive steps. The design automation strategy should follow the trend of the supply chain management approach and deliver a flexible framework, allowing local specification and adjustment The proposed Adjoined Design Automation Process Trajectory (ADAPT) and associated tools provide such a framework. It covers the process from fuzzy front-end to the evaluation of automated processes. Considerable lead time and cost savings are shown for electrical component design and the feasibility of a Domain Specific Language approach is an important step towards acceptance of design automation.