SAPS-II: A New Implementation of the Systems Approach Problem Solver

François E. Cellier
Institute of Computational Science
ETH Zürich
CH-8092 Zürich
Switzerland
Email: FCellier@Inf.ETHZ.CH
David W. Yandell
ITT Aerospace
P.O.Box 3700, MS 2B
Fort Wayne, Indiana 46801
U.S.A.
Email: DavWhy@AOL.Com

Keywords

General System Problem Solving Framework
Optimal Mask Analysis
Forecasting
Reconstruction Analysis
Computer Software
Data Flow

Abstract

In this paper, we describe a reimplementation of the Systems Approach Problem Solver that was originally designed and implemented by Hugo Uyttenhove. In this reimplementation, emphasis was put on a clean and flexible user interface that allows the user to conveniently combine several of the SAPS basic operations for solving more complex problems. SAPS-II was implemented as a toolbox (function library) within the framework of the CTRL-C program, an interactive matrix manipulation language developed originally for computer-aided control system design, and enhanced later for other purposes such as signal analysis and statistical operations. From the point of view of the CTRL-C software, the SAPS-II library can be viewed as yet another enhancement for the purpose of systems analysis and synthesis. From the point of view of the SAPS-II software, CTRL-C can be viewed as a software shell for convenient embedding of the SAPS algorithms.

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