A SOA-Based Engineering Process Model for the Life Cycle Management of System-of-Systems in Industry 4.0Show others and affiliations
2022 (English)In: Applied Sciences, E-ISSN 2076-3417, Vol. 12, no 15, article id 7730Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
The evolution of industrial digitalisation has accelerated in recent years with the availability of hyperconnectivity, low-cost miniaturised electronic components, edge computing, and Internet of Things (IoT) technologies. More generally, with these key enablers, the concept of a system of systems (SoS) is becoming a reality in the industry domain. However, due to its complexity, the engineering process model adopted to design, develop, and manage IoT and SoS-based solutions for industry digitalisation is inadequate, inefficient, and frequently unable to manage the digitalisation solution’s entire life cycle. To address these limitations, we propose the Arrowhead Engineering Process (Arrowhead-EP) model and the Value Chain Engineering Process Map (VCEP-map), which explicitly reveal the interactions and dynamics of the engineering processes adopted by multistakeholder use cases in the industry domain. We decomposed and remodeled the engineering process to cover the complete life cycle of an industrial SoS, and we introduced a service-oriented solution intended to efficiently, flexibly, and effectively manage the three assets addressed by RAMI 4.0. The Arrowhead-EP model complemented by the VCEP-map fills the gaps identified in our literature-based analysis and satisfies the requirements of the life cycle management of a typical use case in the Industry 4.0 domain. In this regard, a specific example is used to illustrate the advantages of adopting the proposed engineering solution in a real multistakeholder use case.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
MDPI, 2022. Vol. 12, no 15, article id 7730
Keywords [en]
engineering process model, system life cycle management, service oriented architecture (SOA), SOA/microservice, system of systems (SoS), Eclipse Arrowhead framework, Internet of Things (IoT), Industry 4.0
National Category
Computer Sciences Information Systems
Research subject
Cyber-Physical Systems
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-92799DOI: 10.3390/app12157730ISI: 000839314800001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85136912872OAI: oai:DiVA.org:ltu-92799DiVA, id: diva2:1693334
Projects
Arrowhead Tools
Funder
EU, Horizon 2020, 826452
Note
Validerad;2022;Nivå 2;2022-09-06 (hanlid)
2022-09-062022-09-062022-09-12Bibliographically approved