Workflow and decision support for the design of distributed automation systems
Distribution of automation functions onto several controllers has become a widely applied answer to the demands of huge and complex automated systems. Distributed networked automation systems offer advantages regarding various nonfunctional requirements, such as flexibility, availability and maintainability. On the other hand, they impose additional challenges, e.g. for fulfilling the real-time requirements. Control engineers face difficulties in coping with all non-functional requirements when designing distributed networked automation systems, as there are trade-offs between them. A complete and detailed model of the automation system, including all computation and network effects, is usually not available. Therefore, control engineers have a demand for support when making design decisions for distributed networked automation systems. In this contribution, the authors propose an engineering workflow which allows dealing with the design decisions and the non-functional requirements in an appropriate order, and underpins the need for additional support regarding design alternatives.
distributed networked automation system engineering workflow distributed application model automation
Timo Frank Karin Eckert Thomas Hadlich Alexander Fay Christian Diedrich Birgit Vogel-Heuser
Technical University Munich, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Instituteof Automation and Informati Helmut Schmidt University, Hamburg, Institute of Automation Technology Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg, Magdeburg Institute forAutomation Technical University Munich, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Institute of Automation and Informat
国际会议
IEEE 10th International Conference on Industrial Informatics(第十届IEEE工业信息学国际学术会议 INDIN2012)
北京
英文
293-299
2012-07-25（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）