TY - GEN
T1 - Evaluation of a graphical modeling language for the specification of manufacturing execution systems
AU - Weisenberger, Benedikt
AU - Vogel-Heuser, Birgit
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - The Manufacturing Execution Systems Modeling Language (MES-ML) is a graphical modeling language, designed for the requirements engineering and specification of Manufacturing Execution Systems, developed during the project 'SpeziMES' funded by the BMBF. The project aimed at the creation of an easily comprehensible and usable language to overcome the interdisciplinary challenges during the specification process of MES. As a method of evaluation, a series of interdisciplinary workshops were conducted to verify the real-world applicability of the MES-ML. This paper presents the project's final evaluation steps, after the workshops had taken place. The language is evaluated by checking whether objective design principles for visual notations are adhered to and by conducting a series of guided interviews with industrial experts.
AB - The Manufacturing Execution Systems Modeling Language (MES-ML) is a graphical modeling language, designed for the requirements engineering and specification of Manufacturing Execution Systems, developed during the project 'SpeziMES' funded by the BMBF. The project aimed at the creation of an easily comprehensible and usable language to overcome the interdisciplinary challenges during the specification process of MES. As a method of evaluation, a series of interdisciplinary workshops were conducted to verify the real-world applicability of the MES-ML. This paper presents the project's final evaluation steps, after the workshops had taken place. The language is evaluated by checking whether objective design principles for visual notations are adhered to and by conducting a series of guided interviews with industrial experts.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84876377305&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/ETFA.2012.6489669
DO - 10.1109/ETFA.2012.6489669
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84876377305
SN - 9781467347372
T3 - IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation, ETFA
BT - Proceedings of 2012 IEEE 17th International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation, ETFA 2012
T2 - 2012 IEEE 17th International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation, ETFA 2012
Y2 - 17 September 2012 through 21 September 2012
ER -