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 …

Digital Twin (DT) is considered a key approach to enhance the system reactivity to uncertain
events due to its ability to getting data from the field and triggering actions on the physical …

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

Adaptive and flexible production systems require modular and reusable software especially
considering their long-term life cycle of up to 50 years. SWMAT4aPS, an approach to …

Recent trends in modern manufacturing, such as the growing need for flexibility and the
increasing degree of automation in industrial facilities, require distributed control solutions …

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 …

Design patterns in software engineering is a generic solution provided for repeatable
problems occurring frequently in a software design. They are used a lot in the field of …

Abstract Automated Production Systems (aPS) have lifetimes of up to 30–50 years,
throughout which the desired products change ever more frequently. This requires flexible …

Over the past years, the design of production systems has changed rapidly towards complex
mechatronic systems, tightly integrating mechanics, electronics and software. The …