Container-based architecture for flexible industrial control applications

Journal of Systems Architecture

Volumn 84, Issue , 2018, Pages 28-36

  Goldschmidt, Thomas ^a   Hauck Stattelmann, Stefan ^b   Malakuti, Somayeh ^c   Grüner, Sten ^c  

^a ABB Digital Ladenburg   (Germany)

^b BOMBARDIER TRANSPORTATION   (Sweden)

^c ABB Corporate Research Ladenburg   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; CONTAINERS; EMBEDDED SYSTEMS; ENGINES; PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLERS;

AUTOMATION SYSTEMS; CONTROL ARCHITECTURE; CONTROLLER ARCHITECTURES; INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION; INDUSTRIAL CONTROL APPLICATIONS; INDUSTRIAL INTERNETS; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTS; REAL TIME ASPECTS;

CONTROLLERS;

EID: 85043529901     PISSN: 13837621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sysarc.2018.03.002     Document Type: Article

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