Editorial: Special issue on bond graphs

Gawthrop, P.J. and Scavarda, S. (2002) Editorial: Special issue on bond graphs. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part I: Journal of Systems and Control Engineering, 216(1), i-v. (doi: 10.1243/0959651021541363)

Abstract

Good quality control of dynamical systems relies on good models of the controlled system; it follows that the control engineer must also be a good system modeller and have effective paradigms for supporting system modelling. Much control engineering is based on the block diagram paradigm. It will be argued in this Editorial that such use of the block diagram paradigm is unfortunate and that the bond graph paradigm is preferable for a number of reasons.

• Item Type: Articles
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Gawthrop, Professor Peter
• Authors: Gawthrop, P.J., and Scavarda, S.
• Subjects: Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science; T Technology > TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
• College/School: College of Science and Engineering > School of Engineering > Systems Power and Energy
• Journal Name: Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part I: Journal of Systems and Control Engineering
• ISSN: 0959-6518