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Boosting Extra-functional Code Reusability in Cyber-physical Production Systems: The Error Handling Case Study
Birgit Vogel-Heuser, Juliane Fischer, Dieter Hess +2
Cyber-Physical Production Systems (CPPS) are long-living and mechatronic systems, which include mechanics, electrics/electronics and software. The interdisciplinary nature combined…
A Model Driven Approach on Object Oriented PLC Programming for Manufacturing Systems with regard to Usability
Martin Obermeier, Steven Braun, Birgit Vogel-Heuser
This paper presents the modular automation for reuse in manufacturing systems (modAT4rMS) approach to support the model-driven engineering (MDE) of object oriented manufacturing au…
Model-driven Engineering of Manufacturing Automation Software Projects -- A SysML-based Approach
Birgit Vogel-Heuser, Daniel Schuetz, Timo Frank +1
This paper comprises a SysML-based approach to support the model-driven engineering (MDE) of Manufacturing Automation Software Projects (MASP). The Systems Modeling Language (SysML…
Industrially Applicable System Regression Test Prioritization in Production Automation
Sebastian Ulewicz, Birgit Vogel-Heuser
When changes are performed on an automated production system (aPS), new faults can be accidentally introduced in the system, which are called regressions. A common method for findi…
Design, Application and Evaluation of a Multi Agent System in the Logistics Domain
Juliane Fischer, Christian Lieberoth-Leden, Johannes Fottner +1
The increasing demand for flexibility of automated production systems also affects the automated material flow systems (aMFS) they contain and demands reconfigurable systems. Howev…
Measuring the Overall Complexity of Graphical and Textual IEC 61131-3 Control Software
Juliane Fischer, Birgit Vogel-Heuser, Heiko Schneider +3
Software implements a significant proportion of functionality in factory automation. Thus, efficient development and the reuse of software parts, so-called units, enhance competiti…
Towards a Formal Specification Framework for Manufacturing Execution Systems
Maria Witsch, Birgit Vogel-Heuser
Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) optimize production and business processes at the same time. However, the engineering and specification of MES is a challenging, interdiscipli…
Improving transferability between different engineering stages in the development of automated material flow modules
Daniel Regulin, Thomas Aicher, Birgit Vogel-Heuser
For improving flexibility and robustness of the engineering of automated production systems (aPS) in case of extending, reducing or modifying parts, several approaches propose an e…
Introduction of an Assistance System to Support Domain Experts in Programming Low-code to Leverage Industry 5.0
Eva-Maria Neumann, Birgit Vogel-Heuser, Fabian Haben +2
The rapid technological leaps of Industry 4.0 increase the pressure and demands on humans working in automation, which is one of the main motivators of Industry 5.0. In particular,…
Model-based training of manual procedures in automated production systems
Frieder Loch, Gennadiy D. Koltun, Victoria Karaseva +2
Maintenance engineers deal with increasingly complex automated production systems (aPSs). Such systems are characterized by an increasing computerization or the addition of robots…
Increasing System Test Coverage in Production Automation Systems
Sebastian Ulewicz, Birgit Vogel-Heuser
An approach is introduced, which supports a testing technician in the identification of possibly untested behavior of control software of fully integrated automated production syst…
Maintainability and evolvability of control software in machine and plant manufacturing -- An industrial survey
Birgit Vogel-Heuser, Felix Ocker
Automated Production Systems (aPS) have lifetimes of up to 30-50 years, throughout which the desired products change ever more frequently. This requires flexible, reusable control…
Modularity and Architecture of PLC-based Software for Automated Production Systems: An analysis in industrial companies
Birgit Vogel-Heuser, Juliane Fischer, Stefan Feldmann +2
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 measur…
Custom-Tailored Clone Detection for IEC 61131-3 Programming Languages
Kamil Rosiak, Alexander Schlie, Lukas Linsbauer +2
Automated production systems (aPS) are highly customized systems that consist of hardware and software. Such aPS are controlled by a programmable logic controller (PLC), often in a…
Frequency and Impact of Technical Debt Characteristics in Companies Producing Mechatronic Products
Fandi Bi, Birgit Vogel-Heuser, Litong Xu
Complexity of products, volatility in global markets, and the increasingly rapid pace of innovations may make it difficult to know how to approach challenging situations in mechatr…
Relational Test Tables: A Practical Specification Language for Evolution and Security
Alexander Weigl, Mattias Ulbrich, Suhyun Cha +2
A wide range of interesting program properties are intrinsically relational, i.e., they relate two or more program traces. Two prominent relational properties are secure informatio…
Methodological Approach for the Evaluation of an Adaptive and Assistive Human-Machine System
Lorenzo Sabattini, Valeria Villani, Julia N. Czerniak +4
With the increasing complexity of modern industrial automatic and robotic systems, an increasing burden is put on the operators, who are requested to supervise and interact with su…
Towards Modern Inclusive Factories: A Methodology for the Development of Smart Adaptive Human-Machine Interfaces
Valeria Villani, Lorenzo Sabattini, Julia N. Czerniak +3
Modern manufacturing systems typically require high degrees of flexibility, in terms of ability to customize the production lines to the constantly changing market requests. For th…