Examples are given illustrating the use of the Occam programming language in control applications. It is demonstrated that numerical algorithms for real-time control and computer aided design may be configured for multiprocessor systems using the Occam approach. The three examples are:
1. Numerical integration.,
2. Gradient minimisation with array line search ;
3. Inverse dynamics for a robot manipulator.
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