IEC 61499 emerged as a language for modeling distributed control systems. An Application is a platform-independent model that is comprised of modular components. High reusability …
In modern industrial applications, the complexity of control software is increasing while its execution may be distributed to numerous small devices. The standard IEC 61499 fosters …
The increasing demand for flexibility in the production industry has brought the need for plug and produce systems, in which components from various vendors and suppliers can be …
The paper proposes a topology-free specification of distributed control systems by means of a process-oriented programming paradigm. The proposed approach was characterized, on …
Modern production systems are constantly getting more complex and moving towards smaller lot sizes and more customizable products. This poses new challenges on the control …
Today's software developments are frequently structured into different components with well defined interfaces. IEC 61499 comes with well defined interface mechanisms such as …
Cyber-physical production systems (CPPSs) are modern production systems that aim to integrate the latest techniques and technologies from IT to enable flexible/adaptive …
There is an increasing trend of manufacturing new products in small lot sizes even though their specifications may not be known before the order actually arrives. This requires a high …