iCPS-DL: A Description Language for Autonomic Industrial Cyber-Physical Systems

TL;DR

This paper presents iCPS-DL, a new description language enabling autonomous reconfiguration of industrial cyber-physical systems through semantic mapping, state estimation, and agent communication, demonstrated on water networks.

Contribution

The paper introduces iCPS-DL, a semantic-based language that supports live interaction and autonomous reconfiguration in industrial cyber-physical systems.

Findings

Effective semantic mapping of industrial processes

Enables autonomous reconfiguration of control loops

Demonstrated on water distribution networks

Abstract

Modern industrial systems require frequent updates to their cyber and physical infrastructures, often demanding considerable reconfiguration effort. This paper introduces the industrial Cyber-Physical Systems Description Language, iCPS-DL, which enables autonomic reconfigurations for industrial Cyber-Physical Systems. The iCPS-DL maps an industrial process using semantics for physical and cyber-physical components, a state estimation model, and agent interactions. A novel aspect is using communication semantics to ensure live interaction among distributed agents. Reasoning on the semantic description facilitates the configuration of the industrial process control loop. A Water Distribution Networks domain case study demonstrates iCPS-DL's application.