Title :
UML Automation Profile: Enhancing the Efficiency of Software Development in the Automation Industry
Author :
Ritala, Tuukka ; Kuikka, Seppo
Author_Institution :
Tampere Univ. of Technol., Tampere
Abstract :
The development of modern distributed automation applications is challenging. However, high-level modeling potentially increases the efficiency of development. This paper introduces a UML profile for applications in the automation industry. The profile is formed by extending UML V2 with various automation domain specific concepts. The UML profile mechanism and selected existing UML profiles provide a basis for the novel automation profile. Future work will concentrate on integration of the profile to the requirement standards as well as providing tool support for the use of the automation profile.
Keywords :
Unified Modeling Language; industrial engineering; software engineering; UML automation profile; Unified Modeling Language; automation industry; software development; Application software; Automatic control; Automation; Computer industry; Flexible manufacturing systems; IEC standards; Mechatronics; Petri nets; Programming; Unified modeling language; UML profile; automation; control; modeling language;
Conference_Titel :
Industrial Informatics, 2007 5th IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Vienna
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0851-1
Electronic_ISBN :
1935-4576
DOI :
10.1109/INDIN.2007.4384890
