Design and simulation of a SOA-based system of systems for automation in the residential sector

Today’s process industries typically utilise a verylarge set of multi-disciplinary, connected, heterogeneous systemscomposed of a large number of components, from individualsensors to whole control, monitoring and supervisory controlsystems. The use of such process control systems spans a widerange of application domains from traditional process industriesto power distribution and residential applications. Regardless ofthe application, the design, implementation, optimised operation,maintenance and monitoring of such complex systems is oftendifficult to effectively achieve. Therefore, there is a need for themigration of such systems to scalable and modular plug and playplatforms supported by effective engineering tools.This paper outlines a distributed modular service-basedapproach to the implementation of a real-time residentialautomation system application composed of heating, homeautomation and vehicle parking systems. The main focus of thispaper is on the design and simulation of this System of Systems(SoS) focusing on the home parking, heating and vehiclemonitoring application components and their interactions. Theuse of a component-based engineering approach is reported onproviding 3D modelling and simulation capabilities prior to thephysical implementation of the system, and from which theorchestration logic can be automatically generated. A potentialtoolkit for SOA-based application design and deployment issuggested.Godkänd; 2013; 20130108 (jerker