Title: Metamodelling of production systems process models using UML stereotypes

Authors: Herve Panetto, Jean-Francois Petin

Addresses: CRAN CNRS UMR 7039/University Henry Poincare Nancy I, F54506 Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy, France. ' CRAN CNRS UMR 7039/University Henry Poincare Nancy I, F54506 Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy, France

Abstract: This paper contributes to a formal framework for the automation of production systems. Automatic control systems deal currently with theoretical modelling techniques that aim to formally define the behaviour of a control system when process behaviours and system requirements are well defined. Our approach aims to facilitate a common and consensual understanding of an automated system at the early stage of a systems engineering process. This approach is based on the use UML stereotypes, based on a systemic approach, to globally formalise a production system satisfying the following predicate: Control Systems Requirements ∧ Process Systems Requirements ⇒ Production System Requirements.

Keywords: process modelling; metamodelling; UML stereotypes; modelling constraints; production systems; automatic control; production automation; systems engineering; control engineering.

DOI: 10.1504/IJIEM.2005.007638

International Journal of Internet and Enterprise Management, 2005 Vol.3 No.2, pp.155 - 169

Published online: 30 Aug 2005 *

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