This review paper discusses the industrial and research activities around the IEC 61499
architecture for distributed automation systems. IEC 61499 has been developed to enable …

The IEC 61499 standard was proposed for distributed architecture design of industrial
automation systems to support portability, interoperability, and configurability. Compared …

The reconfiguration of control software is regarded as an important ability to enhance the
effectiveness and efficiency in future manufacturing systems. Agent technology is …

The article is structured as follows. In the" System-Level Design for Distributed Automation"
section, we give a general introduction to IEC 61499 in terms of its value for the automation …

In recent years, requirements for interoperability, flexibility, and reconfigurability of complex
automation industry applications have increased dramatically. The adoption of service …

New technologies and standards are emerging that are set to have a dramatic effect on the
design and implementation of industrial control systems. These technologies will reduce the …

The Industrial Electronics Handbook, Second Edition, Industrial Communications Systems
combines traditional and newer, more specialized knowledge that helps industrial …

I. INTRODUCTION Control software is the main element in today's industrial automation
systems for providing the correct and save operation of the automation process. Furthermore …

Current assembly systems are handling the increased requirements for mass customization
with difficulties and need to be updated with new approaches and technologies. Cyber …

Cyber-physical systems (CPSs) are becoming common in the industrial automation domain.
In industrial CPS, distributed programmable logic controllers collaborate to control …