Real-time Control System

Real-time Control System (RCS) is a <a href="/facts/Reference_model/TppYy4G8">reference model</a> <a href="/facts/Enterprise_architecture/7UNSuE0l">architecture</a>, suitable for many software-intensive, <a href="/facts/Real-time_computing/p9HxgL4L">real-time computing</a> control problem domains. It defines the types of functions needed in a real-time intelligent <a href="/facts/Control_system/8CEjIDlS">control system</a>, and how these functions relate to each other.

RCS is not a <a href="/facts/System_design/hFWYoaNP">system design</a>, nor is it a specification of how to implement specific <a href="/facts/System/hmqQ4ASX">systems</a>. RCS prescribes a <a href="/facts/Hierarchical_control_system/7G56Ulnq">hierarchical control model</a> based on a set of well-founded <a href="/facts/Engineering/RFVg8H3I">engineering</a> principles to organize system <a href="/facts/Complexity/KjgY905l">complexity</a>. All the control nodes at all levels share a generic node model.
Also RCS provides a comprehensive methodology for designing, engineering, integrating, and testing control systems. Architects iteratively partition system tasks and information into finer, finite subsets that are controllable and efficient. RCS focuses on <a href="/facts/Intelligent_control/Ja152R1y">intelligent control</a> that adapts to uncertain and unstructured operating environments. The key concerns are sensing, perception, knowledge, costs, learning, planning, and execution.

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Real-time Control System