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This case study compares the usefulness and applicability of eight computer tools with respect to the validation of logic control programs for continuous processes. Six simulation packages (Taylor’s Mat-lab-based simulator, Simulink/StateFlow, gPROMS, Shift, Dymola, and BaSiP) and two verification tools (SMV and HyTech) were applied to a single process control example with non-trivial continuous dynamics. The paper presents a detailed description of this benchmark example. Short introductions to the tools are given and the application results are decribed and discussed with emphasis on the suitability to the problem and the numerical performance
This work is supported by the German Research Council (DFG) in the temporary graduate school Modeling and Model-Based Design of Complex Technical Systems (2nd, 4th and 8th author) and as a part of the special program Continuous-Discrete Dynamics of Technical Systems (KONDISK) under the grants En 152/19, En 152/22 and Ko 1430/3 (5th, 6th, 7th and 9th author). The third author is funded by the Volkswagen Foundation.
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Kowalewski, S. et al. (1999). A Case Study in Tool-Aided Analysis of Discretely Controlled Continuous Systems: The Two Tanks Problem. In: Antsaklis, P., Lemmon, M., Kohn, W., Nerode, A., Sastry, S. (eds) Hybrid Systems V. HS 1997. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1567. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-49163-5_9
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