Software methodologies for the engineering of service-oriented industrial automation : the continuum project

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2009

Authors

J. Marco Mendes (Author) FEUP; Axel Bepperling (Author) Other; João Pinto (Author) Other; Paulo Leitão (Author) Other; Francisco Restivo (Author) FEUP; Armando W. Colombo (Author) Other

Conference proceedings International

Title: Proceedings of the 33rd Annual IEEE International Computers, Software and Applications Conference

Pages: 452-459

COMPSAC 2009 - 33rd Annual IEEE International Computers, Software and Applications Conference

Seattle, Washington USA, 20 a 24 de Julho de 2009

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Scientific classification

FOS: Engineering and technology > Electrical engineering, Electronic engineering, Information engineering

CORDIS: Physical sciences > Computer science > Programming > Software engineering

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-003-SQC

DOI: 10.1109/COMPSAC.2009.66

Abstract (EN): Service-orientation represents a new wave Of features and solutions by bringing closer Information Technology to the industrial domain, particularly factory shop floors. The service-oriented automation software entities (designated here by bots) used in such approach requires a short set of methodologies and software targeting their specification for both computer systems and embedded automation devices. The present work explains the adopted methodologies and software developments for the engineering of service-based automation systems. The main contents focus on the specification of a framework for the development of bots and supporting engineering tools that are part of the Continuum project. The paper also does an overview over the engineering steps from the system design to the operation, and focuses the importance of the maintenance of automation bots. Such applications will contribute to decrease the development time and reduce the components' interdependency, offering enough flexibility for automatic reconfiguration of shop-floor layouts.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 8