Applying Visualization Concepts to Large-Scale Software Systems in Industrial Automation

被引:3
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作者
Sonnleithner, Lisa [1 ]
Bauer, Philipp [1 ]
Rabiser, Rick [1 ]
Zoitl, Alois [1 ]
机构
[1] Johannes Kepler Univ Linz, LIT CPS Lab, CDL VaSiCS, Linz, Austria
关键词
IEC; 61499; CPS; CPPS; software visualization; circle packing; hierarchical edge bundling;
D O I
10.1109/VISSOFT55257.2022.00029
中图分类号
TP31 [计算机软件];
学科分类号
081202 ; 0835 ;
摘要
In recent years, the field of industrial automation is experiencing a dramatic increase of software development and maintenance effort. Driven by shorter product life-cycles and customizable products, production systems are becoming more and more complex, presenting new challenges for control software engineers. In this paper, we report on a visualization concept we applied to industrial automation software. It allows automation software developers to take a look at their software system from a new perspective. Various ways of interacting with the visualization offer further benefits, such as the convenient tracing of control and information flow across multiple hierarchies. We conducted a workshop with five industrial domain experts as a first evaluation of the usefulness of the visualization. Based on their feedback, we discuss open questions and next steps.
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页码:182 / 186
页数:5
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