• DocumentCode
    2586386
  • Title

    Automation of Automation — Definition, components and challenges

  • Author

    Schmitz, Stefan ; Schluetter, Markus ; Epple, Ulrich

  • Author_Institution
    Process Control Eng., RWTH Aachen Univ., Aachen, Germany
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    22-25 Sept. 2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    7
  • Abstract
    The increasing number and range of automation functions along with the decrease of qualified personal makes an upgraded engineering process necessary. This article gives a general overview of one approach, called the automation of automation, i.e. the automated execution of human tasks related to the engineering process of automation systems. Starting with a definition and a model describing the typical engineering process, some solutions for the needed framework are presented. Occurring problems within parts of this process model are discussed and possible solutions are presented.
  • Keywords
    process control; automation function; automation of automation; engineering process; Asset management; Cost function; Data engineering; Electrical equipment industry; Expert systems; Humans; Industrial control; Manufacturing automation; Pharmaceuticals; Process control;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Emerging Technologies & Factory Automation, 2009. ETFA 2009. IEEE Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Mallorca
  • ISSN
    1946-0759
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2727-7
  • Electronic_ISBN
    1946-0759
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ETFA.2009.5347197
  • Filename
    5347197