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HYCON
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Full Name: | Hybrid Control: taming heterogeneity and complexity of networked embedded systems | |
Basic data: | Type of the project: | EU IST FP6 project, Network of Excellence |
| IST SO: | Embedded systems | |
| Project Reference: | 511368 | |
| Launch: | September 2004 | |
| Duration: | 48 months | |
| Consortium: | 27 partners from 11 countries | |
| Coordinator: | FIST - France Innovation Scientifique et Transfert France | |
Webpage | http://www.ist-hycon.org/ | |
Description: | The objective of the NoE HYCON is establishing a durable community of leading researchers and practitioners who develop and apply the hybrid systems approach to the design of networked embedded control systems as found, e.g., in industrial production, transportation systems, generation and distribution of energy, communication systems. Hybrid systems provide a scientific paradigm to systematically address the analysis, modelling, simulation, synthesis, and optimisation of digital controllers for physical plants that communicate directly or via networks with other computerized systems and with human users and supervisors. Malfunction of the control system can lead to drastic performance degradation, severe damage to humans and the environment and cause significant economic losses. The interaction of digital controllers, communication systems and physical plants originates complex dynamic behaviours that cannot be understood intuitively. At present, the development of such systems is based on extensive testing and frequent iterations without guarantee of performance or even safety. HYCON aims at a major advancement of the methodology for the design of such systems and their application in power management, industrial controls, automotive control and communication networks. The long-lasting result will be a European Institute of Hybrid Systems (EIHS), designed to become a worldwide focal point for hybrid systems research. They share an integrating approach based on the concept of a dynamical system, which provides the basis for understanding and mastering the complexity and heterogeneity issues arising in the design of large distributed networked embedded control systems. The network will contribute significantly to bridge the gap between traditional control engineering and embedded system design. | |
| Relevance to HYDRA: | The main importance of HYCON project is integration of the knowledge about the development and application of hybrid systems approach to design of networked embedded systems. This knowledge may be helpful in the phase of HYDRA technical design. | |