Journal of Telecommunications and Information Technology, 2008, nr 1

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Simulation and Control of Reactive Systems

WeintroduceSIDE(theacronymstandsforSensors InaDistributedEnvironment)---asoftwarepackage fordevelopingcontrolprogramsforreactivesystems. OnedistinctivefeatureofSIDEisthatitcanbeused asasimulator:some(orevenall)componentsofthe underlyingphysicalnetworkcanbevirtual.Notably, thecontrolprogramitselfneednotbeawarethat somepartsofitsenvironmentarenotreal.SIDE applicationscanbenaturallydistributedandinterconnectedviatheInternet.