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This paper addresses the problem of how to develop an expert system that is able to design or to assist in the design of a control system. The discussion includes how to structure the expert system, how to choose the relationship between the symbolic and numerical processor and how to divide the work among the expert system, the computer aided control systems analysis package and the design engineer. A prototype intelligent design associated is presented and an example of a compensator design is given.
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Butz, B.P., Palumbo, N.F. Developing an expert system to assist in control system design. J Intell Robot Syst 2, 277–295 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00238693
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