title: A distributed simulation technique for multiple input multiple output systems.
abstract: Distributed computing concepts have been attempted in the realm of real-time process control for a long time. This started with the systolic arrays of processors and an enormous amount of research has been done in this field. This paper proposes a methodology by which a multiple input multiple output system representing a plant and defined in terms of connected blocks of transfer functions can be decomposed into a set of parallel simulation processes in a message passing environment viz. a network of work stations. The paper also analyzes the scope of optimization of the processing time associated with each task. The methodology includes online reconfiguration of the system.
authors.affiliation: P. P. E. Department, Jadavpur University, Calcutta, India. jupower@vsnl.com
authors.forename: Amitava
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: Chandan
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mazumdar
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Patranobis
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D003195:Computer Communication Networks; D003198:Computer Simulation; D003205:Computing Methodologies; D005246:Feedback; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D011786:Quality Control