The goal of subproject A6 is to enhance the management of PSS innovation processes by using the knowledge of (IT-)change cycles during the use phase to improve the models and documents, which were created in the development phase. Thus, optimized module-models are available to the engineers, which are adapted to the PSS life cycle and enable a faster development and less necessary changes. Therefore, subproject A6 develops an assistance system which synchronizes the module-models with the change cycles in the use phase, adapts them (semi-)automatically if necessary (self-maintenance) and provides them for the development of future projects.

• SysML4Mechatronics
  • Integrative discipline specific/interdisciplinary structural
  • Modeling approach for mechatronic systems Modeling approach shows dependencies and interactions of the components from the different disciplines (mechanics, electrics/electronics, and software)
  • Prototypical implementation in modeling editor to show feasibility and evaluation of the approach
  • Integration with other models in the development (cooperation with subprojects A4, C2, and D1)
• Analysis of change influences
  • Compatibility check of changed components/modules to estimate change influences
  • Combination of semi-formal modeling language and compatibility ontology
  • Definition of inherent and project-specific compatibility rules
  • Analysis of different solution alternatives regarding influences on the system and on the life cycles (cooperation with subproject B1)
  • Definition of functional interdisciplinary mechatronic modules and integration in a module library in order to support reuse in the development of new systems
  • Definition of properties in the different disciplines to describe the structural compatibility of components and modules

• Handling and management of PSS innovation processes
  • Improve models from the development phase by integrating the knowledge of (IT-) change cycles in the use phase
  • Reduce development time and number of necessary changes in later life cycle phases through optimized models  
• Synchronization of development and usage information of mechatronic PSS
  • Integrate information of changes in the use phase into models and documents
  • Adapt models for future developmen
  • tsIntegration in assistance system to support stakeholder

• G. Koltun, M. Basirati, M. Hammeed, M. Böhm, H. Krcmar and B. Vogel-Heuser. "Reverse Engineering on changed Functional Specification Documents for Model-Based Requirements Engineering," in ICPS 2019 : IEEE International Conference on Industrial Cyber-Physical Systems, IEEE, May. 2019, pp. 687-692.
• J. Gammel, G. Koltun, J. Buchholz, T. Drewlani, J. Wissel, C. Hollauer, K. Kugler, M. Zaggl and B. Vogel-Heuser. "A Framework Integrating Technical, Social, and Managerial Aspects of Effective Knowledge Management," in 20th European Conference on Knowledge Management (ECKM), Academic Conferences and Publishing International, Sep. 2019. 
• G. Koltun, C. Romero Viturro, J. Buchholz, J. Wissel, M. Zaggl, F. Ocker and B. Vogel-Heuser. "Effective Innovation Implementation of Mechatronic Product-Service Systems considering Socio-Technical Aspects," in International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED), The Design Society, Aug. 2019, pp. 3051-3060.
  K. Kernschmidt, S. Feldmann and B. Vogel-Heuser. "A model-based framework for increasing the interdisciplinary design of mechatronic production systems," Journal of Engineering Design, vol. 29, no. 11, pp. 617-643, Sep. 2018.
• Koltun, Gennadiy D.; Mäurer, Franziska; Knoll, Adrian; Trunzer, Emanuel; Vogel-Heuser, Birgit: Information Retrieval from redlined Circuit Diagrams and Its Model-Based Representation for Automated Engineering. 44th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON), 2018
• Koltun, Gennadiy D.; Neumann, Eva-Maria; Kattner, Niklas; Bauer, Harald; Lindemann, Udo; Reinhart, Gunther; Vogel-Heuser, Birgit: Cyclic Management of Innovative PSS Changes: An Integrated and Interdisciplinary Engineering View. 4th IEEE International Symposium on Systems Engineering (ISSE) 2018, 2018
• Koltun, Gennadiy D.; Kolter, Moritz; Vogel-Heuser, Birgit: Automated Generation of Modular PLC Control Software from P&ID Diagrams in Process Industry. 4th IEEE International Symposium on Systems Engineering (ISSE) 2018, 2018
• Loch, Frieder; Koltun, Gennadiy D.; Karaseva, Victoria; Pantförder, Dorothea; Vogel-Heuser, Birgit: Model-based training of manual procedures in automated production systems. Mechatronics
• Reif, Julia; Koltun, Gennadiy D.; Drewlani, Tobias; Zaggl, Michael; Kattner, Niklas; Dengler, Christian; Basirati, Mohammad; Bauer, Harald ; Krcmar, Helmut; Kugler, Katharina; Lohmann, Boris; Meyer, Uli; Reinhart, Gunther; Vogel-Heuser, Birgit: Modeling as the Basis for Innovation Cycle Management of PSS: Making Use of Interdisciplinary Models. IEEE International Symposium on Systems Engineering (ISSE) 2017.
• Gennadiy D. Koltun; Stefan Feldmann; Daniel Schütz; Birgit Vogel-Heuser: Model-Document Coupling in aPS Engineering: Challenges and Requirements Engineering Use Case. Proceedings of the 2017 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology (ICIT), 2017
• A. Kellner, K. Kernschmidt, M. Ahrens, M. Friedl, P. Hehenberger, L. Weingartner, S. Feldmann, K. Zeman and B. Vogel-Heuser. "Challenges in Integrating Requirements in Model Based Development Processes in the Machinery and Plant Building Industry," in IEEE International Symposium on Systems Engineering, ISSE 2016, IEEE, Oct. 2016, p. 6
• Kernschmidt, K.; Behncke, F. G. H.; Chucholowski, N.; Wickel, M. C.; Bayrak, G.; Lindemann, U.; Vogel-Heuser, B.: An integrated approach to analyze change-situations in the development of production systems. In: CIRP Conference on Manufacturing Systems, 2014, Windsor (Kanada).
• Feldmann, S.; Kernschmidt, K.; Vogel-Heuser, B.: Combining a SysML-based modeling approach and semantic technologies for analyzing change influences in manufacturing plant models. In: CIRP Conference on Manufacturing Systems, 2014, Windsor (Kanada).
• Kernschmidt, K.; Vogel-Heuser, B.: An interdisciplinary SysML based modeling approach for an-alyzing change influences in production plants to support the engineering. In: IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering, 2013, Madison (USA), S. 1113-1118.