FASA: A software architecture and runtime framework for flexible distributed automation systems

Journal of Systems Architecture

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 82-111

  Wahler, Michael ^a   Gamer, Thomas ^b   Kumar, Atul ^c   Oriol, Manuel ^a  

^a ABB CORPORATE RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

^b ABB CORPORATE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c ABB CORPORATE RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Automation systems; Component based architecture; Distributed systems; Flexibility; Real time systems

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; FAULT TOLERANCE; FAULT TOLERANT COMPUTER SYSTEMS; HARDWARE SECURITY; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS; MAGNETIC LEVITATION; MAGNETIC LEVITATION VEHICLES; MOBILE SECURITY; NETWORK SECURITY; REAL TIME CONTROL; SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE;

AUTOMATION SYSTEMS; COMPONENT-BASED ARCHITECTURE; DISTRIBUTED AUTOMATION SYSTEM; DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS; FLEXIBILITY; MAGNETIC LEVITATION DEVICES; REFERENCE IMPLEMENTATION; TIME-CRITICAL APPLICATIONS;

REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

EID: 84923353571     PISSN: 13837621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sysarc.2015.01.002     Document Type: Article

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