Automating the simulation of complex discrete-time control systems: a mathematical framework, algorithms and a software package

An attempt is made to bridge the gap between the theoretical specification of a complex discrete-time control system and the obtaining of a first simulation. The authors provide a graph-theoretical formulation of the issues involved as well as discrete algorithms to execute these tasks, and describe QUICKSIM, an interpretive simulator which incorporates these features. These algorithms automate the simulation process as seen by the user. The net result is a package which essentially requires only that the user type in a control system more or less verbatim from a technical paper in order to obtain a simulation output