A Framework Based on Model Driven Engineering and Model Weaving to Support Data-Driven Interoperability for Smart Grid Applications

Abstract

The smart grid is envisioned as a new and improved power grid. The high complexity of this system of systems is raising the need of engineering methodologies that manages this complexity. The Model Driven Engineering (MDE) approach has been proposed in literature to increase the productivity and reduce the software development costs. The MDE deals with complexity by using models as the main artifacts of the software development process. Moreover, the use of standard-compliant models to represent data in the power system domain its being strongly encouraged to improve interoperability. In this paper, we propose a framework based on Model Driven Engineering and the weaving of models to support the development of interoperable applications for the smart grid domain. Our approach separates the modeling of the application from the modeling of the data that is shared between applications. The elements of those models are related using the weaving technique. The proposed approach was implemented on Eclipse platform, and two applications were developed and deployed to validate the approach.