A component-based design pattern for improving reusability of automation programs

Dai, Wenbin; Vyatkin, Valeriy

doi:10.1109/iecon.2013.6699831

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“…The IEC 61499 standard paves the way to practical use of component-based software design paradigm (CBD) in industrial automation domain as exemplified in [4]. As defined in the IEC 61499 standard, all control logic must be encapsulated in function blocks.…”

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Service-oriented distributed control software design for process automation systems

Dai

Peltola

Vyatkin

et al. 2014

2014 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC)

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Improving software development efficiency and reusability of existing programs is an important topic for industrial automation. Recently, modern software paradigms have been introduced into the automation domain such as object-oriented programming using the IEC 61131-3 standard and component-based design based on the IEC 61499 standard. In this paper, another software paradigm -service-oriented architecture is applied to the software design for automation programs. The proposed SOA pattern is based on a multilayered structure with enhanced reusability and flexibility. A case study of water heating system is implemented to prove the concept of SOA paradigm.

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Service-oriented distributed control software design for process automation systems

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Vyatkin

et al. 2014

2014 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC)

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“…Moreover, this standard allows limited control over the execution order of FBs. In addition to this, there might be compatibility issues while running applications in different control devices [1].…”

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“…However, CBD provides reusability and flexibility, since it is possible to reuse components stored in the library by the connection of event interfaces. Although components can be reused, it is important to note that the definitions and functionalities of components should be changed depending on the customer requirements, new product introduction and site-specific functionalities [1]. This affects the size of components and coupling between them, leading to situations where the entire control code becomes difficult to understand, modify and maintain.…”

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“…According to Dai and Vyatkin [1], IEC 61131-3 standard [7] is best suited for the design of Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) architectures in industrial applications. In the IEC 61131-3 standard, programing organisation units (POU) (i.e.…”

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“…The recent works on advanced automation technologies shows that component-based control systems tend to improve agility and robustness in automation systems [1]. A component-based manufacturing control system aims at reusing pre-developed software components from project to project, thereby, enabling reduction in software development time and cost [2].…”

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Assessing Complexity of Component-Based Control Architectures Used in Modular Automation Systems

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Component-based development (CBD) supports hierarchical decomposition of manufacturing control architectures through data and procedural abstraction, allowing designers to handle system development complexity better than function-oriented methods. Although the CBD approach helps managing complexity of the software design and development process, it does not reduce or eliminate complexity of control systems. In fact, large and highly coupled system architectures make entire software very difficult to understand and modify, especially during manufacturing system re-configuration and scale up/down processes. Therefore, it is essential to maintain simplicity in control system design, without disregarding the required modularity and functionality. This paper proposes an information-theoretic measure to quantify the complexity of component-based manufacturing control systems. The proposed measure is tested over the auto-generated control codes of Festo MPS system for its validity. The authors believe that the proposed approach can serve as a proactive design support, especially useful for early design stages as it allows designers to select the optimal control architectures with least complexity and provides a clear understanding of the potential stress points.

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Cyber-physical production systems architecture based on multi-agent’s design pattern—comparison of selected approaches mapping four agent patterns

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Lüder

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Int J Adv Manuf Technol

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The growing complexity of production systems requires appropriate control architectures that allow flexible adaptation during their runtime. Although cyber-physical production systems (CPPS) provide the means to cope with complexity and flexibility, the migration with existing control systems is still a challenge. The term CPPS denotes a mechatronic system (physical world) coupled with software entities and digital information (cyber part), both enabling the smart factory concept for the Industry 4.0 (I4.0) paradigm. In this regard, design patterns could help developers to build their software with common solutions for manufacturing control derived from experiences. We provide a description and comparison of the already existing multi-agent systems (MAS) design patterns, which were collected and classified by introducing two classification criteria to support MAS developers. The applicability of these criteria is shown in the case of specific example architectures from the lower and higher control levels. The authors, together with experts from the German Agent Systems committee FA 5.15, gathered more than twenty MAS patterns, evaluated, and compared four selected patterns with the presented criteria and terminology. The main contribution is a CPPS architecture that fulfills requirements related to the era of smart factories, as well as the Reference Architectural Model I4.0 (RAMI 4.0). The conclusions indicate that agent-based patterns greatly benefit the CPPS design. In addition, it is shown that manufacturing based on MAS is a good way to address complex requests of the CPPS development.

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A component-based design pattern for improving reusability of automation programs

Cited by 13 publications

References 17 publications

Service-oriented distributed control software design for process automation systems

Service-oriented distributed control software design for process automation systems

Assessing Complexity of Component-Based Control Architectures Used in Modular Automation Systems

Cyber-physical production systems architecture based on multi-agent’s design pattern—comparison of selected approaches mapping four agent patterns

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