Luara Ferreira dos Santos, Rehabilitation Robotics Group (TU Berlin/ Fraunhofer IPK), Technische Universität Berlin, Department of Industrial Automation Technology, Germany Thomas Schüler, SALT AND PEPPER, Software Solution Center & University of Osnabrück, Germany Simon Hoermann, Department of Medicine (DSM) & Department of Information Science, University of Otago, New Zealand Henning Schmidt,...

formal model is proposed for the application of SOA in the distributed automation domain in order to achieve flexible automation systems. A SOA-based execution environment architecture based on the IEC 61499 Function Block model is proposed and a case study is used to demonstrate dynamic reconfiguration. In this letter, a review of the literature related to the use of SOA in Industrial Automati...

1 Celina P. Leão , Production and System Dept., Minho University, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal, [email protected] 2 Pedro M. Silva , Industrial Electronics Dept., Minho University, Campus de Azurem, 4800-058 Guimaraes, Portugal 3 Paulo C. Oliveira, Industrial Electronics Dept., Minho University, Campus de Azurem, 4800-058 Guimaraes, Portugal 4 Nuno C. Carvalho, Industrial Electro...

Recent years have seen many significant advances in program comprehension and software maintenance automation technology. In spite of the enormous potential savings in software maintenance costs, for the most part adoption of these ideas in industry remains at the experimental prototype stage. In this paper I explore some of the practical reasons for industrial resistance to adoption of softwar...

This paper focuses on the transformation occurring in the value creation networks in the industrial automation sector. The main underlying factor for the change is the growing importance of software as a part of the automation systems. Our perspective in the network analysis is the original equipment manufacturers’ (OEMs) point of view. We start by discussing the key concepts related to value c...

Automation technology is an integral part of chemical plants since the beginning of industrial chemistry. The evolution of process automation has been driven by the specific requirements of process industry and by the innovation cycles of instrumentation technology and control theory. Chemical production plants are still a fruitful and inspiring application field of automation with an enormous ...

The increasing application of networked computers at the field level of industrial automation systems causes weaknesses concerning the security of the field level. The field level realizes the connection of an industrial automation system to the technical process, which is executed in a technical system. Due to this task, the technical system and the field level are closely coupled and often wi...