Reconfiguration analysis using generic component models

Anne-Lise Gehin (1) , Marcel Staroswiecki (2)

1 STF - Systèmes Tolérants aux Fautes
2 SATIE - Systèmes et Applications des Technologies de l'Information et de l'Energie

This paper presents a formal approach to analyze system reconfigurability, based on a Generic Component Model (GCM), which describes the system from the services provided by its components, and their organization into Operating Modes, in order to achieve specific objectives. Following a bottom-up approach, services provided by elementary components are used as resources for services at a higher level. Several versions exist when the same service can be rendered by using distinct sets of resources. Reconfiguration results from the existence of multiple versions, since a faulty resource does not imply loosing the services that use it. A level regulation example shows the effectiveness of the proposed model and tools.

Mots clés: Functional Decomposition

Mots clés: Reconfigurability Analysis; Generic Component Model; Fault Tolerant Control; Functional Decomposition.

Domaines: Automatique / Robotique

Anne-Lise Gehin, Marcel Staroswiecki. Reconfiguration analysis using generic component models. IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Part A: Systems and Humans, 2008, 38 (3), pp.575-583. ⟨10.1109/TSMCA.2008.918608⟩. ⟨hal-00647464⟩