Using UML in control and automation: a model driven approach

Author

Thramboulidis, Kleanthis C.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Patras Univ.

fYear

2004

fDate

26-26 June 2004

Firstpage

587

Lastpage

593

Abstract

The function block (FB) has been defined by the International Electro-technical Commission as the basic construct for the development of reusable, interoperable, distributed control applications. However, the FB does not exploits recent advances in software engineering. The Unified Modeling Language (UML) is the new industry standard for modeling software-intensive systems. UML brings in the development process the best software engineering practices. In this paper, we examine the use of UML in control and automation and describe the use of a hybrid approach in the development process of distributed control systems. The proposed approach integrates UML with the already well accepted by control engineers FB construct, to cover the analysis and design phases of the development process. A model driven approach is adopted to move from analysis through design, to implementation. The applicability of the UML profile for schedulability, performance and time, to the proposed development process, is also examined

Keywords

Unified Modeling Language; control system analysis computing; distributed control; software engineering; International Electro-technical Commission; Unified Modeling Language; distributed control system; function block; model driven approach; software engineering; Application software; Automatic control; Automation; Computer industry; Control systems; Distributed control; Electrical equipment industry; Software engineering; Software standards; Unified modeling language;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industrial Informatics, 2004. INDIN '04. 2004 2nd IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Berlin

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8513-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/INDIN.2004.1417414

Filename

1417414