Architectures for Dynamically Coupled Systems

Springer eBooks, pp. 95–124

Abstract

Abstract Dynamically coupled collaborative embedded systems operate in groups that form, change, and dissolve—often frequently—during their lifetime. Furthermore, the context in which collaborative systems operate is a dynamic one: systems in the context may appear, change their visible behavior, and disappear again. Ensuring safe operation of such collaborative systems is of key importance, while their dynamic nature poses challenges that do not occur in “classical” system design. This starts with the elicitation of the operational context against which the system will be designed—requiring capture of its dynamic nature—and affects all other design phases as well. Novel development methods are required, enabling engineers to deal with the challenges raised by dynamicity in a manageable way. This chapter presents methods that have been developed to support engineers in this task. The methods cover different viewpoints and abstraction levels of the development process, starting at the requirements viewpoint, and glance at the functional and technical design, as well as verification methods for the type of systems envisioned.

Authors 9

1. Malin Gandor

   Oldenburger Institut für Informatik

   Affiliation as printed

   OFFIS e.V., Oldenburg, Germany

2. Nicolas Jäckel Aachen FEV Europe GmbH

   FEV (Germany)

   Affiliation as printed

   FEV Europe GmbH, Aachen, Germany

3. Lorenz Käser Aachen PikeTec GmbH Louis Wachtmeister

   RWTH Aachen University

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   PikeTec GmbH Louis Wachtmeister , RWTH Aachen University Anna Wißdorf , PikeTec GmbH

   PikeTec GmbH, Berlin, Germany

4. Alexander Schlie

   Technische Universität Braunschweig

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   TU Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany

5. Ingo Stierand

   Oldenburger Institut für Informatik

   Affiliation as printed

   OFFIS e.V., Oldenburg, Germany

6. Axel Terfloth
   Affiliation as printed

   itemis AG, Lünen, Germany

7. Steffen Toborg
   Affiliation as printed

   PikeTec GmbH, Berlin, Germany

8. Louis Wachtmeister Aachen

   RWTH Aachen University

   Affiliation as printed

   RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

9. Anna Wissdorf
   Affiliation as printed

   PikeTec GmbH, Berlin, Germany