Control system design automation

The authors propose a controller design automation system. The system consists of a requirement interpretation block, a modeling block, an analysis/design block, and a verification block. The requirement interpretation block transforms the specifications in terms of the application to those in terms of control. The analysis/design block selects an optimal control structure and determines the controller parameters. In many cases the designed controller has to satisfy multiple specification items at the same time. So the authors introduce the LMI approach in the analysis/design block. To treat control system design more generally, the authors also add a normalization module in the modeling block. The configuration of the system and the analysis/design block are described