A model-driven approach to develop and manage cyber-physical systems Conference

Junior, ARS, Costa, FM, Clarke, P. (2013). A model-driven approach to develop and manage cyber-physical systems . 1079 64-75.

cited authors

  • Junior, ARS; Costa, FM; Clarke, P

authors

abstract

  • Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) integrate computing, networking, and physical processes to digitally execute tasks on or using the physical elements of a system. Power microgrids are a particular kind of CPS that enables management and autonomic control of local smart grids, aiming at reliability, fault tolerance and energy efficiency, among other goals. This paper explores a new approach based on MDE that uses models at runtime techniques to manage and control microgrids. The approach employs a model execution engine that manages a causally connected runtime model of the microgrid and interprets user-defined models in order to generate controls for the microgrid elements. We demonstrate the approach by building the lower layer of the model execution engine. Furthermore, we explore a model-driven technique to build the execution engine and use the resulting experience to argue that the approach can be extended to other kinds of cyber-physical systems.

publication date

  • January 1, 2013

start page

  • 64

end page

  • 75

volume

  • 1079