Models and languages for the interoperability of smart instruments

doi:10.1016/0005-1098(96)00016-7

Automatica

Volume 32, Issue 6, June 1996, Pages 859-873

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Abstract

This paper presents the functions of intelligent instruments in the frame of real-time process operating systems, and shows that they have the same functional structure as the system itself. Thus smart-instruments-based distributed architectures can be built, provided that they present interoperability properties. Some working groups and projects whose aim is to define interoperable field instruments are presented. The last part of the paper develops a smart-instrument generic description.

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^☆: The original version of this paper was presented at the 2nd IFAC Symposium on Intelligent Components and Instruments for Control Applications (SICICA'94), which was held in Budapest, Hungary during 8–10 June 1994. The Published Proceedings of this IFAC meeting may be ordered from Elsevier Science Limited, The Boulevard, Langford Lane, Kidlington, Oxford OX5 1GB, U.K. This paper was recommended for publication in revised form by Editor C. C. Hang.

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PaperModels and languages for the interoperability of smart instruments☆

Abstract

Control Engng Practice

Smart actuators: generic functional architecture, service and cost analysis

Information system in distributed intelligent automation processes

Hierarchical data and processing structures for the integration of production processes

A generic functional model of smart instruments for distributed architectures (1993b)

Fault detection and isolation in Smart Actuators

Fonctionnalités système des constituants intelligents

Fault detection and isolation and mode management in smart actuators

Capteurs symboliques et capteurs flous: un nouveau pas vers l'intelligence