ECSTASY-a control system CAD environment

ECSTASY was developed to provide a common software base to assist the ready transfer of CAD tools between various academic groups; to act as a means of transferring the control system design tools already developed in the academic world into industrial use in a consistent framework; and to provide a common software base for the development and testing of new design algorithms and facilities. The software infra-structure of ECSTASY contains six major components: a man-machine interface; a database and data management facility; a set of matrix manipulation tools, a facility to manipulate system descriptions in several mathematical forms; a document/report preparation facility; and a simulation tool. These components are outlined in the paper.