IMPACT: Interactive Mathematical Program for Automatic Control Theory

Dr. C. Magnus Rimvall
Chief Information Officer
KPMG AG
Badenerstrasse 172
Postfach
CH-8026 Zurich
Switzerland
Email: MagnusRimvall@Hotmail.Com
François E. Cellier
Department of Computer Science
ETH Zurich
CH-8092 Zurich
Switzerland
Email: FCellier@Inf.ETHZ.CH

Abstract

IMPACT, a new CAD-program for control systems which is presently under development at our institute, is presented. The program will give access to algorithms useful in control systems theory in an interactive manner. It is aimed at inexperienced students as well as skilled control scientists for the analysis, synthesis, and simulation of control systems. IMPACT is coded in Ada, portability is one of the main design goals.

A first section discusses the chosen mode of interaction, and compares it with other common methods. A second section presents the data structures available in IMPACT, and discusses the operations which can be performed on these structures. The IMPACT command language is thereafter presented, in particular are the very versatile macro-facilities explained. Finally, some implementational aspects are discussed.

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