Acquisition-Computing-Execution-Expression (ACEE) A Software Architecture Pattern for Computer-supported Automation and Control Systems
Yongmei Wu · 1999
In the domain of Computer-supported Automation and Control Systems (CsACS), an application is used to help human to finish some control tasks. Peripheral devices like sensors gather data from the controlled objects, this data is processed according to the specific control rules. The control decisions (output) have to be produced in form of control signals for the execution mechanisms of the controlled objects fulfilling the tasks. Generally, the control process is real time and automatic. In some situations letting the operators take part in the control process is still required. To build an application in CsACS, the whole contents described above must be taken into account. We also need strategies for flexible support of development and maintenance of an application. The ACEE architecture pattern aims to aid in constructing the application to meet the requirements.