On the use of UML for modeling mechatronic systems

IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 105-113

  Secchi, Cristian ^a   Bonfe, Marcello ^b   Fantuzzi, Cesare ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bond graphs; Object oriented design; Software engineering; System modeling; Unified modeling language (UML)

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER CONTROL; COMPUTER HARDWARE DESCRIPTION LANGUAGES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROL SYSTEMS; DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER CONTROL SYSTEMS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

BOND GRAPHS; OBJECT-ORIENTED DESIGN; SYSTEM MODELING; UNIFIED MODELING LANGUAGE (UML);

MECHATRONICS;

EID: 33846301380     PISSN: 15455955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TASE.2006.879686     Document Type: Article

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