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150 Chapter7. <strong>Model</strong>-<strong>Driven</strong>Migration<br />

Figure 7.9:Moduleviewfortheproduct-lineSMCarchitecture<br />

V<strong>and</strong>enNieuwelaar,2004].Thisresultsinafullytimed,coordinatedTRS<br />

thatcanbedispatchedforexecution.<br />

Theend-pointforourmigrationisaproduct-linearchitecture,<strong>of</strong>which<br />

Figure7.9displaysthemoduleview.Inthisarchitecture,thedecisionalresponsibilitiesareassignedtothreegeneric<strong>and</strong>reusablecomponents:Planner,<br />

Scheduler,<strong>and</strong> Dispatcher.Thisproduct-linearchitecture<strong>of</strong>fersvariabilitywithrespecttotasks<strong>and</strong>resources<strong>and</strong>canbeinstantiatedforaspecific<br />

controllerbyimplementing System definition<strong>and</strong> Subsystem interfacemodules.<br />

Thesemodulesdefinethespecificsystemundercontrol<strong>and</strong>implementthe<br />

interfacingwithlower-levelcomponents. The System definitionmoduleis<br />

amenableforcodegeneration,allowingforareduction<strong>of</strong>s<strong>of</strong>twaredevelopmenttime<strong>and</strong>effort.<br />

Inordertodefineourtargetmodels,weintroduceagoverningtarget<br />

metamodelasdepictedinFigure7.10. There,thesystemdefinitionfrom<br />

Figure7.9isrepresentedbythe SystemDefinition,whichservesasarootelement.<br />

Thissystemdefinitionconsists<strong>of</strong>astatic<strong>and</strong>dynamicpart. The<br />

staticpartdefinestheavailable Behaviours, Resources<strong>and</strong> Capabilities<strong>of</strong>the<br />

systemundercontrol. Theseareusedtomodeltypes<strong>of</strong>manufacturing<br />

activities,subsystems,<strong>and</strong>types<strong>of</strong>subsystems. Inaddition,toaddress<br />

thesubsystemusageconcern,itdefineswhichcapabilitiesarerequiredby<br />

whichbehaviour. Furthermore,thecorresponding beginState<strong>and</strong> endState<br />

arespecifiedin CapabilityUsage. Thesestatesare,forinstance,usedtodeterminesequencedependentsetups.<br />

Thedynamicpart<strong>of</strong>Figure7.10 representstherulesforuniquelymappingamanufacturing<br />

Requestto SimpleTasks,whichare<strong>of</strong>aspecificBehaviour,<strong>and</strong>assigningResourcesthat<br />

fulfilarequiredCapability.EveryTask

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