TY - GEN
T1 - Modeling network architecture and time behavior of Distributed Control Systems in industrial plant automation
AU - Vogel-Heuser, B.
AU - Feldmann, S.
AU - Werner, T.
AU - Diedrich, C.
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - In terms of fulfilling the customers' needs, Distributed Control Systems (DCS) have gained increasing significance for automation engineering over the past years. The advantages of DCS, e.g. enhanced dependability, flexibility and configurability, overcome various shortcomings of centralized control systems. However, engineering of heterogeneous networks lacks a modeling notation for automation and engineers and a tool support to calculate the time behavior. A notation for an intuitive and supplier independent specification of distributed automation systems is described, providing the opportunity to model real-time requirements and properties and to allow the comparison of different architectures regarding time behavior.
AB - In terms of fulfilling the customers' needs, Distributed Control Systems (DCS) have gained increasing significance for automation engineering over the past years. The advantages of DCS, e.g. enhanced dependability, flexibility and configurability, overcome various shortcomings of centralized control systems. However, engineering of heterogeneous networks lacks a modeling notation for automation and engineers and a tool support to calculate the time behavior. A notation for an intuitive and supplier independent specification of distributed automation systems is described, providing the opportunity to model real-time requirements and properties and to allow the comparison of different architectures regarding time behavior.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84856530606&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/IECON.2011.6119656
DO - 10.1109/IECON.2011.6119656
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84856530606
SN - 9781612849720
T3 - IECON Proceedings (Industrial Electronics Conference)
SP - 2232
EP - 2237
BT - Proceedings
T2 - 37th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, IECON 2011
Y2 - 7 November 2011 through 10 November 2011
ER -