Automated Production Systems (aPS), including manufacturing machines and logistics, are
required to cope with various and varying production requirements over their long lifecycles …

Flexibility and adaptability of production resources and production processes due to
shortened product lifecycles and small lot sizes call for a virtual model of the production …

Current developments towards the buyer's market and related trends such as more
diversified production programs, shorter product life cycles and more volatile fluctuations in …

The requirements for production systems are moving towards higher flexibility, adaptability
and reactivity. Increasing volatility in global and local economies, shorter product life cycles …

Automated Production Systems (aPS) should be used for many years or even decades, but
must be adapted to changing requirements throughout their lifetime. Recently, the trend to …

This chapter discusses a number of challenges to be fulfilled and considered regarding
software specification for industrial engineering and control software within manufacturing …

The ISO 16300-3 standard considers the required artefacts for interoperability verification
and validation throughout the whole cycle of manufacturing application development. In this …

Today's engineering work flow of resources, eg units of automotive assembly lines or robotic
cells in the body shop, shows up some gaps in provision of information in different …

The dawn of the fourth industrial revolution, Industry 4.0 has created great enthusiasm
among companies and researchers by giving them an opportunity to pave the path towards …

Despite its many drawbacks, clone & own is still frequently used for control software
development in the domain of automated Production Systems (aPSs). However, this …