Model Based Control System Design Using SysML, Simulink, and Computer Algebra System

• Published in: Journal of control science and engineering Vol. 2013; no. 2013; pp. 1 - 14
• Main Authors: Sakairi, Takashi, Palachi, Eldad, Cohen, Chaim, Hatsutori, Yoichi, Shimizu, Junya, Miyashita, Hisashi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cairo, Egypt Hindawi Puplishing Corporation 01-01-2013; Hindawi Publishing Corporation; Hindawi Limited
• Subjects: Complex systems; Computer algebra; Computer simulation; Control systems design; Mathematical models; Model-based systems; Specifications
• ISSN: 1687-5249; 1687-5257
• DOI: 10.1155/2013/485380

The Systems Modeling Language (SysML) is a standard, general-purpose, modeling language for model-based systems engineering (MBSE). SysML supports the specification, analysis, and design of a broad range of complex systems such as control systems. The authors demonstrate how they can integrate a SysML modeling tool (IBM Rational Rhapsody) with a proprietary simulation tool (MathWorks Simulink) and a Computer Algebra System (CAS) to validate system specification. The integration with Simulink enables users to perform systems engineering process in a SysML model, while designing continuous control algorithms and plant behavior in Simulink, and to validate the behavior by simulating the overall composition in Simulink. The integration with a CAS enables the evaluation of mathematical constraints defined in SysML parametric diagrams. The authors also show the overall approach using a Dual Clutch Transmission (DCT) and a Cruise Control System as examples.