An Approach to the Simulation of Large-scale Interconnected MIMO Control Systems

Abstract An approach to computer-aided modelling and simulation of multi-input-multi-output technological plants, of their local maltivariable control systems and of their large-scale interconnected system structures with two-level hierarhical control is presented. It is essentially and interactive man-computer methodology supported by adequate interactive program package, which also enables an iterative design technique from subsystems to entire system. It has draws together in the time domain the related topics of multivariable control systems and their interconnections into large-scale structures by using consistent mathematical formalisms and the concept of k-time sequence matrices as approximate realizations of well-defined impulse-response matrices and signal vectors. Applicability and limitations are discussed and further developments indicated.