Workstations as environments for the analysis and design of control systems

A survey is presented of the environment, the hardware, and the system, user interface, and applications software that can make engineering workstations effective tools for the analysis and design of control systems. The hardware discussion covers processors, memory, networks, and diskless workstations. Operating systems, distributed file systems, and software for developing user interfaces are highlighted, along with the most widely used applications packages for control system engineering.<
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