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A modular approach to the supervisory control of a class of discrete-event systems is formulated, and illustrated with an example. Discrete-event systems are modeled by automata together with a mechanism for enabling and disabling a subset of state transitions. The basic problem of interest is to ensure by appropriate supervision that the closed loop behavior of the system lies within a given legal behavior. Assuming this behavior can be decomposed into an intersection of component restrictions, we determine conditions under which it is possible to synthesize the appropriate control in a modular fashion.
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The work of this author was supported by NSERC (Canada) under Grant No. A-7399.
The work of this author was supported by the National Science Foundation through Grant No. ECS-8504584.
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Wonham, W.M., Ramadge, P.J. Modular supervisory control of discrete-event systems. Math. Control Signal Systems 1, 13–30 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02551233
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