Supervisory control of discrete-event systems: A brief history. (2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Wonham, W.M.; Cai, Kai; Rudie, Karen
• Is Part Of: Annual reviews in control. Volume 45(2018)
• Page Start: 250
• Page End: 256
• Publication Date: 2018
• Subjects: Supervisory control theory -- Discrete-event systems -- History; Automatic control -- Periodicals; Periodicals; 629.805
• DOI: 10.1016/j.arcontrol.2018.03.002
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1367-5788

Abstract

Abstract: This brief history summarizes the 'supervisory control of discrete-event systems' as it has evolved in the period 1980–2017. Overall, the trend has been from centralized or 'monolithic' control to more structured architectures, and from 'naive' to symbolic computation. Like any 'history' this one represents the perspective of the authors; in consequence some important contributions may have been overlooked or short-changed.