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Computer Aided Systems Theory — EUROCAST '89 (EUROCAST 1989)

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In this paper we have tried to point out what role systems theory can play in engineering design. One central aspect is the provision of CAST method banks, which are interactive method banks, for the enhancement of the skills of the designer. As a basic framework for the construction of the application system of such a method bank, we have introduced the concept of the STIX-machine STIX.M.

To give a concrete example of a CAST method bank for engineering hardware design, we discussed in Section 3 CAST.FSM, an interactive method bank for finite state machine design. CAST.FSM is implemented in INTERLISP-D/LOOPS on a XEROX Dandelion workstation 1108.

In sections 4 and 5 we tried to address some basic questions concerning the applicability of systems theory to engineering software design.

We hope that this paper will stimulate the ongoing discussion concerning engineering design tools which allow the application of systems theory.

I should like to thank Herbert Prähofer and Hermann Hellwagner for their helpful comments concerning software design.

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  1. Institute of Systems Science Department of Systems Theory and Information Engineering, Johannes Kepler University Linz, A-4040, Linz, Austria

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Pichler, F. (1990). CAST-modelling approaches in engineering design. In: Pichler, F., Moreno-Diaz, R. (eds) Computer Aided Systems Theory — EUROCAST '89. EUROCAST 1989. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 410. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-52215-8_5

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