DESIGN, EVOLUTION AND IMPACT OF THE AGS/RHIC CONTROL SYSTEM
Jennifer Skelly, John Morris · CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research) · 1999
The AGS/RHIC complex evolved from an accelerator built (1960) before control systems in the modern sense were developed.It has experienced the impact of computer-based control systems from the beginnings of the field, and today employs a distributed control system conforming to the "Standard Model".Whereas present AGS controls labor under a certain "burden of history" as a consequence of extended development, the design of RHIC controls specifically was freed from this constraint.The evolution of this control system is discussed, both its features and deficits.The impact of both upon the operation and flexibility of the accelerators is considered.