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A. A. Alvarez Cabrera,
M. J. Foeken,
O. A. Tekin, K. Woestenenk,
M. S. Erden, B. De Schutter,
M. J. L. van Tooren, R. Babuška,
F. J. A. M. van Houten, and
T. Tomiyama, "Towards automation of control software: A review of challenges in
mechatronic design,"
Mechatronics, vol. 20, no. 8, pp.
876-886, Dec. 2010.
Abstract
Development of mechatronic systems requires collaboration among experts from
different design domains. In this paper the authors identify a set of
challenges related to the design of mechatronic systems. The challenges are
mostly related to integration of design and analysis tools, and automation of
current design practices. Addressing these challenges enables the adoption of a
concurrent development approach in which the synergetic effects that
characterize mechatronic systems are taken into account during design. The main
argument is that in order to deal with software development problems for
complex mechatronic systems, there is a need to look at system design practices
beyond concurrency, i.e., there is a need to consider the complex
interdependencies among subsystems and the designers that develop them. A
review on current methods and tools is carried out to identify possible
solutions proposed in previous works. The purpose is not to make an extensive
review, but to show that integration, from different points of view, is a major
issue and that increasing the level of abstraction in the description of
systems can help to overcome the integration challenges. An increased level of
abstraction also forms a basis for addressing other issues in mechatronic
product development, which are presented in this work. With that in mind,
concepts for an integration framework are proposed. The goal of the framework
is to support a multi-disciplinary design team to (almost) automatically
generate and verify control software. Based on high-level architectural
descriptions, the software generation and verification process can be supported
by knowledge-based methods and tools. Other goals are to support communication
among engineers, improve reliability of designs, increase reuse of design
knowledge, and reduce development time and development costs.
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@article{AlvFoe:10-053,
author = {{A}lvarez Cabrera, Andr{\'{e}}s A. and Foeken, Maarten J. and
Tekin, O. Ayd{\i}n and Woestenenk, Krijn and Erden, Mustafa Suphi
and De Schutter, Bart and van Tooren, Michel J. L. and
Babu{\v{s}}ka, Robert and van Houten, Fred J. A. M. and Tomiyama,
Tetsuo},
title = {Towards Automation of Control Software: {A} Review of Challenges
in Mechatronic Design},
journal = {Mechatronics},
volume = {20},
number = {8},
pages = {876--886},
month = dec,
year = {2010}
}