Title : 
Another Approach to the Control of Discrete Event Systems with Minimal Switchings
         
        
            Author : 
Du, Y. ; Ma, F.Y. ; Wang, S.H.
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of California, Davis, CA 95616
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
This paper studies the problem of controlling discrete event systems as formulated by [Ramadge and Wonham 1987]. The optimal D-supervisor is introduced, which requires the minimal number of switchings. A complete characterization of such controllers as well as a procedure for its construction is given.
         
        
            Keywords : 
Automata; Automatic control; Closed loop systems; Control systems; Discrete event systems; Formal languages; Process control; Switches; Target recognition;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
American Control Conference, 1988
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Atlanta, Ga, USA