OBJECT-ORIENTED SOFTWARE-DESIGN TECHNIQUES FOR PROCESS-CONTROL

This paper summarises research carried out under the above area, and examines the use of Object-Oriented (OO) design techniques and tools for the design of real-time manufacturing control systems. Such systems are likely to be applied in the manufacture of products in advanced materials. The project involves both research into the techniques and their application on real world problems. It considers systems to support the design of hybrid control systems to improve product yield and quality. Future work involving OO software development methodologies, qualitative modelling, rapid prototyping, and application of a number of control paradigms (including low-level PID, neural network and fuzzy logic) are discussed, with conclusions.