Paper Info
Title
Integrating UML and the function block concept for the development of distributed control applications.
Abstract
The Function Block (FB) concept, which is used in the field of control applications for years, is now enhanced by the evolving IEC 61499 standard to support the development of modular, re-usable, open, and vendor-independent distributed control applications. The Unified Modeling Language (UML) on the other hand is the industry standard for modeling software systems. This paper presents an approach that integrates the FB concept with the UML notation in order to simplify and strengthen the development process of distributed control applications. Use cases are used to capture the requirements of the specific control application. UML models are next used to capture the static and dynamics of the system. A set of Transformation Rules enhances the transition from UML diagrams to FB design diagrams. CORFU ESS, an IEC-compliant engineering tool, supports the whole process.
Year
Venue
Keywords
2003
ETFA 2003: IEEE CONFERENCE ON EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES AND FACTORY AUTOMATION, VOL 2, PROCEEDINGS
software engineering,development process,use case,unified modeling language,software systems
Field
DocType
Citations 
Use case,Programming language,Unified Modeling Language,UML tool,Software engineering,Model-driven architecture,Computer science,Applications of UML,Systems development life cycle,Systems Modeling Language,Metamodeling
Conference
7
PageRank 
References 
Authors
1.54
0
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Christos Tranoris1389.71
Kleanthis Thramboulidis229338.13