MPACT Microprocessor _Application to C_ontrol-firmware T_ranslator by Mathew N. Matelan The following draft describes proposed research to be performed by the author, who is working toward a Ph.D. in Computer Science at the Institute of Technology, Southern Methodist University. Because of the recent widespread interest'in microprocessor software design aids, this work may be of interest to SIGDA members. Reactions to and comments concerning the proposed research would be appreciated. The author is currently with the Design Automation Project, Electronics Engineering Department (L-156), Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, P.O. Box 808, Livermore, California 94550. INTRODUCTION The use of digital computers in process control has long been an important aspect of computer technology. Further, many computer system functions not usually associated with the engineering f i e l d of process control may be cast in terms of controlling: responding in a timewise correct This more general view manner to a set of unpredictable conditions. of control and controlling w i l l be referred to as the control problem. I t is the purpose of this proposal to outline a general method of describing the control problem and a solution. The complexity of actual control problems suggests the development of a
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