Self-reconfigurable software architecture: Design and implementation

Authors:
Jungtae Mun;Kwangyeol Ryu;Mooyoung Jung
Affiliations:
Advanced Product and Production Technology Center, Department of Industrial and Management Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Hyoja San 31, Pohang 790-784, Republi ...;Korean Institute of Industrial Technology (KITECH), 7-47 Songdo-dong, Yeonsu-gu, Incheon Metropolitan City 406-840, Korea;Advanced Product and Production Technology Center, Department of Industrial and Management Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Hyoja San 31, Pohang 790-784, Republi ...
Venue:
Computers and Industrial Engineering
Year:
2006

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Abstract

To respond quickly to the rapidly changing manufacturing environment, it is imperative for the system to have such capabilities as flexibility, adaptability, and reusability. The fractal manufacturing system (FrMS) is a new manufacturing paradigm designed to meet these requirements. To facilitate a dynamic reconfiguration of system elements (i.e., fractals), agents as well as software modules should be self-reconfigurable. Embodiment of a self-reconfigurable manufacturing system can be achieved by using self-reconfigurable software architecture. In this paper, therefore, self-reconfigurable software architecture is designed by conducting the following studies: (1) analysis of functional requirements of a fractal and environmental constraints, (2) design of reconfigurable software architecture especially for a reconfigurable agent, (3) selection of proper techniques to implement software modules, and realization of software architecture equipped with self-reconfigurability. To validate this approach, the designed architecture is applied to the FrMS.