IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON CONTROL SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY invites submissions for a special issue on the technology of Computer Automated Multi-Paradigm Modeling. The special issue is devoted to the problems that arise in the design and implementation of control systems. It concentrates on the need to improve and shorten this process by the application of multi-paradigm modeling techniques. These techniques are used to analyze heterogeneous implementation technologies and to design, combine, and relate dedicated formalisms for modeling the different aspects of the control system at different levels in the control hierarchy. In this context, model transformation technology is required to achieve code synthesis and tool integration by data modeling.

Topics for contributions include, but are not limited to:

• automated model transformation to integrate disciplines in control system design and realization;
• problem- and domain-specific formalisms and tool design;
• automated data transformation to combine and integrate control system design tools;
• composition and integration of heterogeneous execution models;
• analysis tools for heterogeneous control system models.