GRAFCET GENERATIONS

by Pascal LHOSTE, November 1997


Grafcet celebrated its twentieth birthday in 1997. Several generations of researchers, industrial managers and teachers have succeeded one another to enable this modelling tool for sequential evolutions of a logical system to exist, to spread, to be standardized, taught and used but also to evolve progressively while respecting in the best way the knowledge acquired in the past.



SUMMARY :

1st GENERATION : Birth of Grafcet (1975-1977)

2nd GENERATION : Text explanation, first diffusions and national standardization (1978-1982)

3rd GENERATION : Taking into account of the practical experience of Grafcet, international standardization (1983-1988)

4th GENERATION : Strengthening of theoretical foundations, diffusion in the scientific community, Pedagogy of Grafcet (1989-1996)

5th GENERATION : From the twentieth birthday of Grafcet to the Grafcet of the year 2000 (1997-20 XX)


       


Created on November 1997 - Last update : January 19, 2000