The main drivers for the development and evolution of Cyber Physical Systems (CPS) are
the reduction of development costs and time along with the enhancement of the designed …

Coping with evolution in automated production systems implies a cross-disciplinary
challenge along the system's life-cycle for variant-rich systems of high complexity. The …

This paper comprises a SysML-based approach to support the model-driven engineering
(MDE) of Manufacturing Automation Software Projects (MASP). The Systems Modeling …

This paper presents the core concepts for the poST language–a process-oriented extension
of the IEC 61131-3 Structured Text (ST) language which intends to provide a conceptual …

Industrial automation systems (IASs) are commonly developed using the languages defined
by the IEC 61131 standard and are executed on programmable logic controllers (PLCs) …

Industry 4.0 and Cyber Physical Production Systems (CPPS) are often discussed and
partially already sold. One important feature of CPPS is fault tolerance and as a …

This paper presents the modular automation for reuse in manufacturing systems
(modAT4rMS) approach to support the model-driven engineering (MDE) of object-oriented …

GRAFCET is an advantageous modelling language for the specification of controllers in
discrete event systems. It allows for hierarchically structuring a control program's …

Maintaining an automated production system is a challenging task as it comprises artifacts
from multiple disciplines–namely mechanical, electrical, and software engineering. As the …

Motivated by the huge effort for adapting discrete field level automation software in case of
(even minor) modifications of the technical system, this paper presents an approach to …