TIME WINDOWS: AUTOMATED ABSTRACTION OF CONTINUOUS-TIME MODELS INTO DISCRETE-EVENT MODELS IN HIGH AUTONOMY SYSTEMS∗

1 October 1991

journal article
research article
Published by Taylor & Francis in International Journal of General Systems

Vol. 19 (3) , 241-262
https://doi.org/10.1080/03081079108935176

Abstract

This paper describes the automated generation of time windows from continuous system simulation models. Time windows can be used to automatically generate equivalent discrete-event models at a coarser granularity level and they are instrumental to the design of event-based control systems. The generation of time windows represents one facility in the knowledge-based multifacetted modeling and simulation environment. DEVS-Schemc. In this environment, continuous-time and discrete-event models can coexist and they can be amalgamated with AI techniques. The usefulness of these concepts will be demonstrated by means of a model of a robot controlled fluid handling laboratory for Space Station Freedom to be used for research in Life Sciences, Microgravity Sciences, and Space Medicine.

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