Internet-based resources sharing and leasing system for control engineering research and education

Abstract

In this paper, the development of an Internet-based resources sharing/leasing system useful for a university or research environment will be presented. The system allows a user to access a rich variety of equipment resources without having to incur high acquisition costs, using only available off-the-shelf components and the Internet. The principles of the system, the hardware and software requirements, as well as operational details will be elaborated in the paper. In particular, such a system for equipment resources sharing for research and education in the area of control engineering will be used for illustration. © 2005 TEMPUS Publications.