Title :
On the Use of UML for Modeling Physical Systems
Author :
Secchi, Cristian ; Fantuzzi, Cesare ; Bonfe, Marcello
Author_Institution :
DISMI, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia viale Allegri 13, 42100, Reggio Emilia, Italy, secchi.cristian@unimore.it
Abstract :
The aim of this paper is to provide a unified language for modeling both control software and physical plants in real time control systems. This is done by embedding the bond graph modeling language for physical systems into the UML-RT framework, widely used to model distributed real-time software.
Keywords :
Bond graphs; UML; software engineering; Application software; Bonding; Collaborative software; Communication system control; Control system synthesis; Embedded software; Object oriented modeling; Real time systems; Relays; Unified modeling language; Bond graphs; UML; software engineering;
Conference_Titel :
Robotics and Automation, 2005. ICRA 2005. Proceedings of the 2005 IEEE International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8914-X
DOI :
10.1109/ROBOT.2005.1570731
