Domain analysis and modeling for concurrent engineering in plant monitoring and operations

In the area of plant monitoring and operations, concurrency stems from various kinds of actions taken by different participants with different missions or roles. In developing a system for supporting it, a key issue is to identify the specifics of concurrency in the business process. By applying the framework of domain analysis, modeling and engineering, a domain model to specify the process is developed. The authors´ method consists of SPECgram (System Perspective Capture Diagram) and CARDgram (Collaborative Action-Reaction Diagram). SPECgram identifies the structure of the domain with the focus on the relationship between the plant and the business process for monitoring and operating it. CARDgram specifies resources shared by the agents and the nature of “cooperation” among them. Agents cooperate by recognizing the missions and actions of the other agents. This “mission traversable” cooperation among the agents is also modeled