Journal of Northeastern University(Natural Science) ›› 2025, Vol. 46 ›› Issue (7): 1-10.DOI: 10.12068/j.issn.1005-3026.2025.20250079

• Industrial Intelligent Theory and Methods •    

Development and Prospects for Software‑Defined Intelligent Control Systems

Tian-you CHAI1,2(), Rui ZHENG1, Yao JIA1,2, Xin-yu HUANG1,2, Yan-jie SONG1,2   

  1. 1.State Key Laboratory of Synthetical Automation for Process Industries,Northeastern University,Shenyang 110819,China
    2.National Engineering Research Center of Metallurgy Automation,Shenyang 110819,China.
  • Received:2025-07-01 Online:2025-07-15 Published:2025-09-24
  • Contact: Tian-you CHAI

Abstract:

The current state of research on software-defined control systems was reviewed, and the role and development of control systems throughout the industrial revolutions were analyzed. The intelligent development direction for software-defined control systems was proposed. The case study of a software-defined end-edge-cloud collaborative PID(proportional-integral-derivative) tuning intelligence system was presented, which demonstrates that the tight conjoining and coordination between industrial artificial intelligence, industrial Internet, and other new-generation information technologies with software‐defined control systems has opened up a new way for the development of software-defined intelligent control systems. Finally, the principal research directions for software-defined intelligent control systems were pointed out by considering the challenges faced by software-defined control systems and those specific to their intelligent transformation.

Key words: virtual PLC(programable logic controller), software?defined control system, AI-driven industrial control, software?defined intelligent system

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