Rapid development of a distributed shop floor control system from an XML model-based control software specification

ion capability Excellent Easy to represent a variety of viewpoints including resources and processes Average Easy to represent processes only Average Easy to represent processes with little resource modelling capability Good Easy to represent both resources and processes Reusability Good Well-modularized to reuse functions Good Well-modularized to reuse functions Good Well-modularized to reuse functions Excellent Well-modularized to reuse functions with model templates Configurability Good Difficult to modify program codes Good Difficult to modify program codes Excellent Adaptable to the changes by changing models Excellent Adaptable to the changes by changing models Open standards Good Conforming to open standard (e.g. UML) Good Not conforming to open standard Average Dependent to a simulation engine Excellent Conforming to open standard (e.g. XML, WSDL, SOAP)