Authors:
Benedikt Walter
1
;
Dennis Kaiser
2
and
Stephan Rudolph
3
Affiliations:
1
Research & Development MB Passenger Cars, Daimler AG, Kolumbusstraße 19 + 21, 71059 Sindelfingen and Germany
;
2
IILS mbH, Albstraße 6, 72818 Trochtelfingen and Germany
;
3
University of Stuttgart, IFB, Pfaffenwaldring 31, 70569 Stuttgart and Germany
Keyword(s):
Graph-based Design Languages, V-Model, Model-based Systems Engineering, Requirements-driven Engineering, Executable Model, Digital Product Design.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
General-Purpose Modeling Languages and Standards
;
Languages, Tools and Architectures
;
Methodologies, Processes and Platforms
;
Model Transformation
;
Model-Driven Software Development
;
Models
;
Paradigm Trends
;
Software Engineering
;
Systems Engineering
Abstract:
Today, Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) is widely used in the successful design of complex systems in various industries. It intends to provide a complete description of the design process of complex systems in form of a V-Model or one of its various extensions thereof (extended V-Model). While already several formal languages like Unified Modelling Language (UML) and Systems Modelling Language (SysML) are used to formally describe the design process and behavioural aspects of the design as well, models in UM- or SysML are still mostly assembled and connected manually. Instead, graph-based design languages based on UML make use of the digital representation of the design process with the additional benefit of a repeatable execution encoded in an activity diagram within a rule set. This allows for a seamless transformation of a formerly mainly manual MBSE-approach towards a fully automated, machine-executable MBSE approach. The article will focus on the impact of graph-based des
ign on that transition from classical MBSE towards machine-executable MBSE. We show this with the example of an automotive dashboard.
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