Process-oriented approach to the design of cyber-physical systems

Abstract

The paper is focused on the problem of lack of the uniform method of CPS systems description. In this paper a new, task-oriented, method of designing the CPS systems is proposed. The method is based on the process approach and continuous improvement of the design. This new method should be considered as extremely versatile and useful in the design and construction of the CPSs. The proposed method of the description of CPSs is based on the assumption that the task to be realized by the system is nothing more than the goal of one or more processes that should be implemented in the system. Processes, in turn, are collections of activities carried out by resource groups (components) and the tasks performed by one resource (a single element of the CPS). Activities and tasks can be carried out both in series and in parallel. Division for operations and tasks allows you to use the description of the process at different levels of detail in accordance with the requirements of the design phase of the CPS.