On the Architecture of CACE Environments

Abstract This paper discusses the objectives of an integrated interactive environment for simulation and computer aided control systems design. An integrated environment must support the userʼs work strategies and must not be based on normative work procedures. To make it easy to build such environments with customized user interface and flexible integrated tools some basic architectural issues have to be considered. The paper focuses on these issues and discusses model representation, tool integration and modularization of user interfaces. An object-oriented model representation is presented briefly and a model for tool integration is outlined