Impact of Modularization and Coupling on the Complexity of Industrial Control and Automation Systems

Aydin Homay; Martin Wollschlaeger; Mario de Sousa; Alois Zoitl

doi:10.1109/ETFA52439.2022.9921695

Impact of Modularization and Coupling on the Complexity of Industrial Control and Automation Systems

Aydin Homay
, Martin Wollschlaeger
, Mario de Sousa
, Alois Zoitl

LIT Cyber-Physical Systems Lab

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference proceedings › peer-review

Abstract

Coupling could be an arbitrary property to Industrial Automation and Control Systems (ICAS) with a significant impact on complexity. Different software design approaches may result in coupling between software modules that either increase or decrease the overall system complexity. This paper proposes using the Cynefin Framework to guide the software design patterns used during the high-level design of software architecture, with the intent of reducing components coupling and overall system complexity.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA 2022)
Place of Publication	New York City, USA
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	1-7
Number of pages	7
ISBN (Electronic)	9781665499965
ISBN (Print)	978-1-6654-9996-5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ETFA52439.2022.9921695
Publication status	Published - Oct 2022

Publication series

Name	IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation, ETFA
Volume	2022-September
ISSN (Print)	1946-0740
ISSN (Electronic)	1946-0759

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure

Fields of science

202017 Embedded systems
102022 Software development
102025 Distributed systems
102029 Practical computer science
202003 Automation
202041 Computer engineering

JKU Focus areas

Digital Transformation

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Homay, A., Wollschlaeger, M., de Sousa, M., & Zoitl, A. (2022). Impact of Modularization and Coupling on the Complexity of Industrial Control and Automation Systems. In Proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA 2022) (pp. 1-7). (IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation, ETFA; Vol. 2022-September). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/ETFA52439.2022.9921695

Homay, Aydin ; Wollschlaeger, Martin ; de Sousa, Mario et al. / Impact of Modularization and Coupling on the Complexity of Industrial Control and Automation Systems. Proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA 2022). New York City, USA : IEEE, 2022. pp. 1-7 (IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation, ETFA).

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Impact of Modularization and Coupling on the Complexity of Industrial Control and Automation Systems. / Homay, Aydin; Wollschlaeger, Martin; de Sousa, Mario et al.
Proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA 2022). New York City, USA: IEEE, 2022. p. 1-7 (IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation, ETFA; Vol. 2022-September).

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Homay A, Wollschlaeger M, de Sousa M, Zoitl A. Impact of Modularization and Coupling on the Complexity of Industrial Control and Automation Systems. In Proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA 2022). New York City, USA: IEEE. 2022. p. 1-7. (IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation, ETFA). doi: 10.1109/ETFA52439.2022.9921695

Impact of Modularization and Coupling on the Complexity of Industrial Control and Automation Systems

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