Engineering of Collaborative Embedded Systems

Springer eBooks, pp. 15–48

Abstract

Abstract Embedded systems are being increasingly used in changing environments where they no longer fulfill their associated stakeholder goals on their own, but rather in interaction with other embedded systems. This transition to networked, collaborative embedded systems is creating new application opportunities that impose numerous challenges for developers of these systems. In this introductory chapter of the book, we present the complexity of these systems and the challenges associated with them in a coherent manner. We illustrate the challenges using two use cases, “Vehicle Platooning” and “Adaptable and Flexible Factory.” Finally, we reference the challenges of developing collaborative embedded systems to the individual chapters of this book, which describe various methods of mastering the complexity in more detail.

Authors 13

1. Birthe Böhm

   Technical University of Munich · Siemens (Germany)

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   Technical University of Munich

   Siemens AG, Munich, Germany

2. Wolfgang Böhm

   Technical University of Munich

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   Technical University of Munich

   Technische Universität München, Garching, Germany

3. Marian Daun

   University of Duisburg-Essen

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   University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

4. Alexander Hayward

   Helmut Schmidt University

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   Helmut-Schmidt-Universität, Hamburg, Germany

5. Sieglinde Kranz

   Siemens (Germany)

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   Siemens AG, Munich, Germany

6. Nikolaus Regnat

   Siemens (Germany)

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   Siemens AG, Munich, Germany

7. Sebastian Schröck

   Technische Universität Berlin · Robert Bosch (Germany)

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   Technische Universität Berlin

   Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, Germany

8. Ingo Stierand

   Oldenburger Institut für Informatik

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   OFFIS e.V., Oldenburg, Germany

9. Andreas Vogelsang

   Technische Universität Berlin

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   Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany

10. Jan Vollmar

    Siemens (Germany)

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    Siemens AG, Munich, Germany

11. Sebastian Voß

    Fortiss

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    fortiss GmbH, München, Germany

12. Thorsten Weyer

    University of Duisburg-Essen

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    University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

13. Andreas Wortmann Aachen

    RWTH Aachen University

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    RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany