Design of industrial automation systems — Formal requirements in the engineering process

Abstract

Today's production plants are not conceivable without automation systems. Due to the increasing complexity of production plants and therefore of automation systems, delays and interruptions in automation projects are observed. A design model for more efficient planning of industrial automation systems is introduced. It is based on a new and practical proceeding for the construction of a requirements model. Extended feature models as formal requirements representation enable to verify the consistency of requirements. New insights on the necessary capabilities of a formal reasoning system for planning the whole automation system are deduced from the design model.