The role of supervisory controller synthesis in automatic control software development

•We discuss the role of supervisor synthesis in automated software code generation.•The proposed approach is systematic and based on process theory.•We implemented a model-based systems and software engineering framework.•The framework has been applied to multiple industrial studies.

We give an overview of a model-driven systems engineering approach for high-tech systems that relies on supervisory controller synthesis. The proposed framework has a process-theoretic foundation and supports extensions with quantitative features. We briefly discuss several industrial case studies that highlight the advantages of the proposed approach.