Authors:
Sven Burmester
;
Holger Giese
and
Oliver Oberschelp
Affiliation:
University of Paderborn, Germany
Keyword(s):
Mechatronic, Self-optimization, Control, Hybrid Systems, Components, Reconfiguration, Unified Modelling Language (UML), Real-Time.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Adaptive Signal Processing and Control
;
Computer and Microprocessor-Based Control
;
Hierarchical Control
;
Hybrid Dynamical Systems
;
Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics
;
Intelligent Control Systems and Optimization
;
Mechatronic Systems
;
Real-Time Systems Control
;
Signal Processing, Sensors, Systems Modeling and Control
Abstract:
Complex technical systems, such as mechatronic systems, can exploit the computational power available today to achieve an automatic improvement of the technical system performance at run-time by means of self-optimization. To realize this vision appropriate means for the design of such systems are required.To support self-optimization it is not enough just to permit to alter some free parameters of the controllers. Furthermore,support for the modular reconfiguration of the internal structures of the controllers is required. Thereby it makes sense to find a representation for reconfigurable systems which includes classical, non-reconfigurable block diagrams. We therefore propose hybrid components and a related hybrid Statechart extension for the Unified Modeling Language (UML); it is to support the design of self-optimizing mechatronic systems by allowing specification of the necessary flexible reconfiguration of the system as well as of its hybrid subsystems in a modular manner.