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On the Model Continuity in Control Systems Design Using DEVS, UML, and IEC 61499
Control systems, IoT, UML, DEVS, IEC 61499, simulation, model continuity
This paper deals with various ways of design and implementing distributed control
systems (DCS). The authors are familiar with the UML language, the DEVS
formalism, the IEC 61499 standard, and different tools, such as Node-RED or
Power-DEVS. The paper presents the basics of methodology for the design and
implementation of control software, which will allow the use of any of these
approaches following a conceptual model based on UML. The main reason is to
describe the whole development process, from the standard UML models to their
implementation, and enable the developers to use modeling or design techniques
they are familiar with. The promising way is to apply the model-continuity
principle in conjunction with the DEVS formalism, which can be used as a unifying
platform for design, and in some cases, as the most appropriate path to
implementation. Using DEVS, we get the possibility of directly applying the
simulation during the design, thus a more straightforward validation of the
proposed system. The DEVS model can also be transformed into alternative
implementation models. The considered principles will be demonstrated on a case
study of a simple system, Central heating with zone valves.
@inproceedings{BUT175814,
author="Vladimír {Janoušek} and Radek {Kočí}",
title="On the Model Continuity in Control Systems Design Using DEVS, UML, and IEC 61499",
booktitle="ICSEA 2021, The Sixteenth International Conference on Software Engineering Advances",
year="2021",
pages="114--120",
publisher="Xpert Publishing Services",
address="Barcelona",
isbn="978-1-61208-894-5",
url="https://www.thinkmind.org/index.php?view=article&articleid=icsea_2021_2_120_10075"
}