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Juha Puttonen - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Cloud computing as a facilitator for web service composition in Factory Automation
Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, 2019Co-Authors: Juha Puttonen, Maria A. Cavia Soto, Andrei Lobov, Jose Luis Martinez LastraAbstract:Cloud computing is an information technology paradigm enabling companies to sell computing resources more dynamically. Software and hardware are now commodities leased on demand. Because computer systems leased from a cloud service provider, virtual machines, are typically connected to internet, they can host web services, which are frequently components of service oriented architectures (SOAs). Such architectures have recently been adopted in Factory Automation, as they allow systems to reach high levels of decentralization and loose-coupling. SOA-based Factory Automation systems combine physical production equipment with web services that belong to the information processing (cyber) domain, and they are therefore highly cyber-physical. When some of the services are deployed on cloud resources, SOA-based Factory Automation systems can be classified cloud-based cyber-physical systems. Each service in such a system is typically able to perform rather simple, atomic operations, whereas achievement of complex goals requires that the services be composed to collaboratively carry out workflows. This article investigates the use of cloud resources in automatic service workflow composition. To facilitate the acquisition and utilization of cloud resources, a system of two specialized web services is proposed. The system includes a web service that dynamically deploys virtual machines to carry out planning processes, thereby exhibiting artificial intelligence. Finally, this paper demonstrates the integration of the system with a previously proposed semantic web service composition framework.
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maintaining a dynamic view of semantic web services representing Factory Automation systems
International Conference on Web Services, 2013Co-Authors: Juha Puttonen, Andrei Lobov, Jose Martinez L LastraAbstract:Software agents controlling production devices must maintain an up-to-date view of the physical world state in order to efficiently reason and plan their actions. Especially in a Factory Automation system, the world state undergoes rapid evolution, and the world view must remain synchronized with the changes. This paper discusses two approaches to updating the world view based on event notifications sent by web services representing production devices in a manufacturing system. One of the approaches is based on separately specified update rules, and one automatically uses the semantic web service descriptions formulated in OWL-S. While this paper specifically focuses on the Factory Automation domain, the approaches presented are applicable to other domains as well.
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maintaining a dynamic view of semantic web services representing Factory Automation systems
International Conference on Web Services, 2013Co-Authors: Juha Puttonen, Andrei Lobov, Jose Martinez L LastraAbstract:Software agents controlling production devices must maintain an up-to-date view of the physical world state in order to efficiently reason and plan their actions. Especially in a Factory Automation system, the world state undergoes rapid evolution, and the world view must remain synchronized with the changes. This paper discusses two approaches to updating the world view based on event notifications sent by web services representing production devices in a manufacturing system. One of the approaches is based on separately specified update rules, and one automatically uses the semantic web service descriptions formulated in OWL-S. While this paper specifically focuses on the Factory Automation domain, the approaches presented are applicable to other domains as well.
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ICWS - Maintaining a Dynamic View of Semantic Web Services Representing Factory Automation Systems
2013 IEEE 20th International Conference on Web Services, 2013Co-Authors: Juha Puttonen, Andrei Lobov, Jose L. Martinez LastraAbstract:Software agents controlling production devices must maintain an up-to-date view of the physical world state in order to efficiently reason and plan their actions. Especially in a Factory Automation system, the world state undergoes rapid evolution, and the world view must remain synchronized with the changes. This paper discusses two approaches to updating the world view based on event notifications sent by web services representing production devices in a manufacturing system. One of the approaches is based on separately specified update rules, and one automatically uses the semantic web service descriptions formulated in OWL-S. While this paper specifically focuses on the Factory Automation domain, the approaches presented are applicable to other domains as well.
Jose L. Martinez Lastra - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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ICWS - Maintaining a Dynamic View of Semantic Web Services Representing Factory Automation Systems
2013 IEEE 20th International Conference on Web Services, 2013Co-Authors: Juha Puttonen, Andrei Lobov, Jose L. Martinez LastraAbstract:Software agents controlling production devices must maintain an up-to-date view of the physical world state in order to efficiently reason and plan their actions. Especially in a Factory Automation system, the world state undergoes rapid evolution, and the world view must remain synchronized with the changes. This paper discusses two approaches to updating the world view based on event notifications sent by web services representing production devices in a manufacturing system. One of the approaches is based on separately specified update rules, and one automatically uses the semantic web service descriptions formulated in OWL-S. While this paper specifically focuses on the Factory Automation domain, the approaches presented are applicable to other domains as well.
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INDIN - An open energy consumption-relevant Factory Automation dataset in the cloud
IEEE 10th International Conference on Industrial Informatics, 2012Co-Authors: Bin Zhang, Corina Postelnicu, Jani Jokinen, Jose L. Martinez LastraAbstract:In order to fully exploit the potential of optimization algorithms for energy savings in Factory Automation settings, it is needed to bring together engineers that have knowledge of signal processing algorithms with shop floor engineers that are experienced with real manufacturing processes and Factory Automation settings. This paper presents an open database storing energy-relevant data from a multi-robot flexible Factory Automation system. The database is currently populated with data regarding equipment CAMX state events, process/cell/device energy consumption and quality. The database is accessible via a URL and will be further populated with data related to production performance, machine failures and temporary stops etc. The intention is to provide algorithm developers with the needed datasets for design of optimization algorithms for energy efficient manufacturing settings.
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INDIN - Applicability of market-based competition models for energy efficient Factory Automation systems
IEEE 10th International Conference on Industrial Informatics, 2012Co-Authors: Corina Postelnicu, Jose L. Martinez LastraAbstract:This paper analyzes the applicability of two economy competition models (namely, Cournot and Bertrand) to analyze smart Factory Automation systems. The manufacturing setting considered includes players from both the Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) layer — machines and transportation devices — and the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) layer — energy providers and lighting systems. All actors act both as providers and requestors of energy relevant services. An answer is attempted to several questions raised in the presented context (What is price/cost? What are the services provided / requested? Who are the price setters? Who makes profit in the discussed setting?). Many other questions remain open for further research. The intention is to provide initial guidelines for simulation / implementation of the proposed approach in a real Factory Automation setting.
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Formal Methods in Factory Automation
Factory Automation, 2010Co-Authors: Corina Popescu, Jose L. Martinez LastraAbstract:The world market share for European industries targeting capital intensive products and equipment for manufacturing is only 22% (Manufuture, 2004). This position need not only be secured, but improved – to have the world standards of manufacturing made and approved in Europe. In EU, each job in manufacturing is linked to two jobs in services. To support competitiveness of its industries in the global economy, Europe must be a leader in manufacturing technologies, at both process control and coordination control level. Having the highest-tech equipment in factories is necessary but not sufficient to achieve high production effectiveness. Research is needed to assist the devices cooperate (optimally) reducing waste caused by loss of energy/material and inefficient processes, while ensuring correct design and execution of standalone processes. Formal methods have an important potential to assist the development of feasible solutions in this sense. This chapter is an introduction to formal methods in Factory Automation. Far from being an extensive review of the state of the art, this work provides a structured start-point for the newcomers to the field, stressing pointers to some of the most relevant works in the area. The chapter is organized as follows: Section 2 presents and compares significant features of three formalisms, leaving out specific usages of these formalisms in particular scenarios. Section 3 describes the use of formal methods in Factory Automation for two main purposes: verification/validation/synthesis of software control, and coordination of manufacturing activities. Section 4 presents a summary of the discussed topics and conclusions.
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Modeling breakdown handling for SOA-based Factory Automation systems
2009 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology, 2009Co-Authors: Corina Popescu, Jose L. Martinez LastraAbstract:This paper discusses the problem of modeling breakdown handling for Factory Automation systems seen from a service oriented architecture perspective. The formal representation of in conditioning, forward and backward recovery techniques is addressed, and a specific case study is presented. Semantic annotations of processes are proposed to assist both the selection of the recovery method and the way it is carried out.
Andrei Lobov - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Cloud computing as a facilitator for web service composition in Factory Automation
Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, 2019Co-Authors: Juha Puttonen, Maria A. Cavia Soto, Andrei Lobov, Jose Luis Martinez LastraAbstract:Cloud computing is an information technology paradigm enabling companies to sell computing resources more dynamically. Software and hardware are now commodities leased on demand. Because computer systems leased from a cloud service provider, virtual machines, are typically connected to internet, they can host web services, which are frequently components of service oriented architectures (SOAs). Such architectures have recently been adopted in Factory Automation, as they allow systems to reach high levels of decentralization and loose-coupling. SOA-based Factory Automation systems combine physical production equipment with web services that belong to the information processing (cyber) domain, and they are therefore highly cyber-physical. When some of the services are deployed on cloud resources, SOA-based Factory Automation systems can be classified cloud-based cyber-physical systems. Each service in such a system is typically able to perform rather simple, atomic operations, whereas achievement of complex goals requires that the services be composed to collaboratively carry out workflows. This article investigates the use of cloud resources in automatic service workflow composition. To facilitate the acquisition and utilization of cloud resources, a system of two specialized web services is proposed. The system includes a web service that dynamically deploys virtual machines to carry out planning processes, thereby exhibiting artificial intelligence. Finally, this paper demonstrates the integration of the system with a previously proposed semantic web service composition framework.
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maintaining a dynamic view of semantic web services representing Factory Automation systems
International Conference on Web Services, 2013Co-Authors: Juha Puttonen, Andrei Lobov, Jose Martinez L LastraAbstract:Software agents controlling production devices must maintain an up-to-date view of the physical world state in order to efficiently reason and plan their actions. Especially in a Factory Automation system, the world state undergoes rapid evolution, and the world view must remain synchronized with the changes. This paper discusses two approaches to updating the world view based on event notifications sent by web services representing production devices in a manufacturing system. One of the approaches is based on separately specified update rules, and one automatically uses the semantic web service descriptions formulated in OWL-S. While this paper specifically focuses on the Factory Automation domain, the approaches presented are applicable to other domains as well.
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maintaining a dynamic view of semantic web services representing Factory Automation systems
International Conference on Web Services, 2013Co-Authors: Juha Puttonen, Andrei Lobov, Jose Martinez L LastraAbstract:Software agents controlling production devices must maintain an up-to-date view of the physical world state in order to efficiently reason and plan their actions. Especially in a Factory Automation system, the world state undergoes rapid evolution, and the world view must remain synchronized with the changes. This paper discusses two approaches to updating the world view based on event notifications sent by web services representing production devices in a manufacturing system. One of the approaches is based on separately specified update rules, and one automatically uses the semantic web service descriptions formulated in OWL-S. While this paper specifically focuses on the Factory Automation domain, the approaches presented are applicable to other domains as well.
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ICWS - Maintaining a Dynamic View of Semantic Web Services Representing Factory Automation Systems
2013 IEEE 20th International Conference on Web Services, 2013Co-Authors: Juha Puttonen, Andrei Lobov, Jose L. Martinez LastraAbstract:Software agents controlling production devices must maintain an up-to-date view of the physical world state in order to efficiently reason and plan their actions. Especially in a Factory Automation system, the world state undergoes rapid evolution, and the world view must remain synchronized with the changes. This paper discusses two approaches to updating the world view based on event notifications sent by web services representing production devices in a manufacturing system. One of the approaches is based on separately specified update rules, and one automatically uses the semantic web service descriptions formulated in OWL-S. While this paper specifically focuses on the Factory Automation domain, the approaches presented are applicable to other domains as well.
Junaid Ansari - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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ultra reliable and low latency communication for wireless Factory Automation from lte to 5g
Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation, 2016Co-Authors: Shehzad Ali Ashraf, Ismet Aktas, Ke Wang Helmersson, Erik Eriksson, Junaid AnsariAbstract:Wireless Factory Automation has been receiving much interest in recent years due to its advantages of low cost and high flexibility over the traditional wired networks. Factory Automation is also considered as one of the important use-cases of the 5th generation (5G) cellular system. In this paper, we present comprehensive system level simulation results to evaluate the performance of LTE and new 5G radio-interface design concepts in a realistic Factory deployment scenario. We believe that our detailed evaluation studies bring valuable insights to show the potential of 3GPP technologies for different Factory use-cases.
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wireless communication for Factory Automation an opportunity for lte and 5g systems
IEEE Communications Magazine, 2016Co-Authors: Bernd Holfeld, Dennis Wieruch, Thomas Wirth, Lars Thiele, Shehzad Ali Ashraf, Jorg Huschke, Ismet Aktas, Junaid AnsariAbstract:The evolution of wireless communication from 4G toward 5G is driven by application demands and business models envisioned for 2020 and beyond. This requires network support for novel use cases in addition to classical mobile broadband services. Wireless Factory Automation is an application area with highly demanding communication requirements. We classify these requirements and identify the opportunities for the current LTE air interface for Factory Automation applications. Moreover, we give an outlook on the relevant design considerations to be addressed by 5G communication systems.
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ETFA - Ultra-reliable and low-latency communication for wireless Factory Automation: From LTE to 5G
2016 IEEE 21st International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA), 2016Co-Authors: Ashraf Shehzad Ali, Ismet Aktas, Ke Wang Helmersson, Erik Eriksson, Junaid AnsariAbstract:Wireless Factory Automation has been receiving much interest in recent years due to its advantages of low cost and high flexibility over the traditional wired networks. Factory Automation is also considered as one of the important use-cases of the 5th generation (5G) cellular system. In this paper, we present comprehensive system level simulation results to evaluate the performance of LTE and new 5G radio-interface design concepts in a realistic Factory deployment scenario. We believe that our detailed evaluation studies bring valuable insights to show the potential of 3GPP technologies for different Factory use-cases.
Jose Martinez L Lastra - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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maintaining a dynamic view of semantic web services representing Factory Automation systems
International Conference on Web Services, 2013Co-Authors: Juha Puttonen, Andrei Lobov, Jose Martinez L LastraAbstract:Software agents controlling production devices must maintain an up-to-date view of the physical world state in order to efficiently reason and plan their actions. Especially in a Factory Automation system, the world state undergoes rapid evolution, and the world view must remain synchronized with the changes. This paper discusses two approaches to updating the world view based on event notifications sent by web services representing production devices in a manufacturing system. One of the approaches is based on separately specified update rules, and one automatically uses the semantic web service descriptions formulated in OWL-S. While this paper specifically focuses on the Factory Automation domain, the approaches presented are applicable to other domains as well.
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maintaining a dynamic view of semantic web services representing Factory Automation systems
International Conference on Web Services, 2013Co-Authors: Juha Puttonen, Andrei Lobov, Jose Martinez L LastraAbstract:Software agents controlling production devices must maintain an up-to-date view of the physical world state in order to efficiently reason and plan their actions. Especially in a Factory Automation system, the world state undergoes rapid evolution, and the world view must remain synchronized with the changes. This paper discusses two approaches to updating the world view based on event notifications sent by web services representing production devices in a manufacturing system. One of the approaches is based on separately specified update rules, and one automatically uses the semantic web service descriptions formulated in OWL-S. While this paper specifically focuses on the Factory Automation domain, the approaches presented are applicable to other domains as well.
