Benefit of system modeling in automation and control education

Author

Friedrich, D. ; Vogel-Heuser, B.

Author_Institution

Univ. of Kassel, Kassel

fYear

2007

fDate

9-13 July 2007

Firstpage

2497

Lastpage

2502

Abstract

This paper will evaluate the benefit of modeling in automation and control education, in analyzing the problem or application, and structuring and implementing its solution, i.e. a control program in IEC 61131-3. The evaluated notations are the Unified Modeling Language (UML) and the Idiomatic Control Language (ICL): UML as nearly standard in computer science and ICL as powerful modeling notation from the distributed control systems world (DCS). A lab experiment was integrated in a course for bachelor and master students from electrical engineering and applied computer science.

Keywords

Unified Modeling Language; computer science education; control engineering education; educational courses; IEC 61131-3; Idiomatic Control Language; Unified Modeling Language; applied computer science; automation and control education; computer science; control program; distributed control systems; electrical engineering; system modeling; Application software; Automatic control; Automation; Computer science; Computer science education; Distributed control; Educational programs; IEC standards; Power system modeling; Unified modeling language;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

American Control Conference, 2007. ACC '07

Conference_Location

New York, NY

ISSN

0743-1619

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0988-8

Electronic_ISBN

0743-1619

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ACC.2007.4282926

Filename

4282926