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Towards a Formalised Approach for Integrated Functions Updates of Existing Mechatronic Systems

Authors:
Tim Warnecke
Karina Rehfeldt
Andreas Rausch
David Inkermann
Tobias Huth
Thomas Vietor

Keywords: Complex Systems; Design for Maintainability; Release Management; Software Product Lines; Software Evolution.

Abstract:
Looking at different product of daily life, we are facing the situation that they are shut down or replaced, although their functions are still given. Main reason for this fact is that the customers often replace products like smart phones or household devices, because there new ones are available providing new functions and features. Theses functions and features are predominately based on software and follow shorter development and innovation cycles. From the resource view point the mismatch between technical life time and use period of products leads to great disposal. In order to address this challenge, a common concept is to update existing products. To provide substantial new functions, these updates concern both hardware and software components. Due to complex dependencies between these components, it is not an easy task to come up with these integral and verified updates. As a first step to tackle this problem, we propose a formalised approach to describe integrated hardware and software upgrades. Based on this formalism, we present our ongoing research and preliminary results in the fields of functions and systems modelling.

Pages: 63 to 67

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2017

Publication date: February 19, 2017

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4146

ISBN: 978-1-61208-532-6

Location: Athens, Greece

Dates: from February 19, 2017 to February 23, 2017