Design Patterns for Hybrid Systems Simulation

Description of research

The efficient design of embedded systems is hampered by the separation of engineering disciplines in current state of the art development approaches. A methodology to address system-level design issues across discipline boundaries is lacking and tool support is poor. This “design gap” inhibits iterative and concurrent engineering, leading to sub-optimal designs and long development lead times. Moreover, the design gap is widening because of increasing system complexity and increasing capabilities of the system artifacts used.

DESTECS aims to create a methodology and supporting open tools platform for the collaborative and multidisciplinary development of dependable embedded real-time control systems. DESTECS targets to develop a methodology combining continuous time and formal discrete event modeling via co-simulation with support for iterative design evolution.

Consistencies between the models need to be ensured so that co-simulation can correctly proceed. Design patterns for both discrete-event and continuous-time domains will address this problem. Co-simulation based analysis during design evolution which intends to support early-stage rapid design evaluation and revision will be supported by this research as well.

Advisor(s)

Dr.ir.Jan Broenink

Prof.dr.ir.Stefano Stramigioli

Duration

2010-2014

Project

DESTECS – Design Support and Tooling for Embedded Control Software

Funding institution

EU FP7 STREP

Strategic Research Orientation

Dependable Systems and Networks

Links to relevant web pages:

www.destecs.org

www.ce.utwente.nl

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