Authors:
Mathias Maurmaier
and
Peter Göhner
Affiliation:
Universität Stuttgart, Germany
Keyword(s):
Model-driven Development, MDE, Model Transformation, Domain-specific Modeling Language, Industrial Automation Systems.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Control and Supervision Systems
;
Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics
;
Intelligent Control Systems and Optimization
;
Mechatronic Systems
;
Modeling, Simulation and Architectures
;
Robotics and Automation
Abstract:
The complexity of modern automation systems is growing steadily. In software engineering, model-driven development proved that it contributes significantly to cope with this complexity in development, while increasing efficiency and the quality of the development results. However, hardware-software dependencies, different types of requirements that must be considered in development and the large number of modeling languages are specific challenges for a model-driven approach in automation technology. In this paper a concept of model-driven system development is presented that takes into account these challenges, and thus provides the possibility to leverage model-driven development in industrial automation technology.