A characterization of integrated multi-view modeling in the context of embedded and cyber-physical systems

  • Authors:

  • Magnus Persson;Martin Törngren;Ahsan Qamar;Jonas Westman;Matthias Biehl;Stavros Tripakis;Hans Vangheluwe;Joachim Denil

  • Affiliations:

  • KTH, Stockholm, Sweden;KTH, Stockholm, Sweden;KTH, Stockholm, Sweden;KTH, Stockholm, Sweden;KTH, Stockholm, Sweden;University of California, Berkeley;University of Antwerp, Belgium and McGill University, Montreal, Canada;University of Antwerp, Belgium and McGill University, Montreal, Canada

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the Eleventh ACM International Conference on Embedded Software
  • Year:
  • 2013

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Abstract

Embedded systems, with their tight technology integration, and multiple requirements and stakeholders, are characterized by tightly interrelated processes, information and tools. Embedded systems will as a consequence be described by multiple, heterogeneous and interrelated descriptions such as for example requirements documents, design and analysis models, software and hardware descriptions. We refer to a system designed this way as a multi-view (MV) system. The main contribution of this paper is a characterization of model-based approaches to MV systems. The characterization takes three main perspectives for the relations between viewpoints: semantic relations (content), relations over time (process), and manipulation of views (operations). We complement these perspectives by investigating MV system challenges and by a survey of related approaches. The characterization aims to provide a basis for a better understanding, design and implementation of MV systems, and thereby to overcome the current fragmented points of view on integrated multi-view modeling (MVM).