An Ontological Context Modeling Framework for Coping with the Dynamic Contexts of Cyber-physical Systems

Jennifer Brings, Marian Daun, Constantin Hildebrandt, Sebastian Törsleff

2018

Abstract

Cyber-physical systems are highly collaborative by nature. At runtime these systems collaborate with each other to achieve goals that a single system could not achieve on its own. For example, autonomous vehicles can dynamically form convoys at runtime to facilitate higher traffic throughput and a reduction in CO2 emissions. While the importance of context documentation and analysis in system development is well known, current model-based engineering approaches struggle with the size and complexity of cyber-physical systems’ contexts. This is due to high variety and dynamicity of the contexts to be considered. For example, a convoy to be formed at runtime may consist of different numbers of participating vehicles. Additionally, it may face different neighboring, not partaking context systems (e.g., non-equipped vehicles, equipped but not participating vehicles) and situations (e.g., speed limits, road construction sites, emergency vehicles). This paper proposes a context ontology to cope with highly dynamic contexts of cyber-physical systems by explicitly differentiating between not only the system and its context but also between the cyber-physical system network the system participates in, as well as the system network’s context.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Brings J., Daun M., Hildebrandt C. and Törsleff S. (2018). An Ontological Context Modeling Framework for Coping with the Dynamic Contexts of Cyber-physical Systems.In Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Model-Driven Engineering and Software Development - Volume 1: MODELSWARD, ISBN 978-989-758-283-7, pages 396-403. DOI: 10.5220/0006603403960403

in Bibtex Style

@conference{modelsward18,
author={Jennifer Brings and Marian Daun and Constantin Hildebrandt and Sebastian Törsleff},
title={An Ontological Context Modeling Framework for Coping with the Dynamic Contexts of Cyber-physical Systems},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Model-Driven Engineering and Software Development - Volume 1: MODELSWARD,},
year={2018},
pages={396-403},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0006603403960403},
isbn={978-989-758-283-7},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Model-Driven Engineering and Software Development - Volume 1: MODELSWARD,
TI - An Ontological Context Modeling Framework for Coping with the Dynamic Contexts of Cyber-physical Systems
SN - 978-989-758-283-7
AU - Brings J.
AU - Daun M.
AU - Hildebrandt C.
AU - Törsleff S.
PY - 2018
SP - 396
EP - 403
DO - 10.5220/0006603403960403