Real-time software methodologies: Are they suitable for developing Manufacturing control software?

Computer-Integrated Manufacturing (CIM) systems may be classified as real-time systems. Hence, the applicability of methodologies that are developed for specifying, designing, implementing, testing, and evolving real-time software is investigated in this article.Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/45553/1/10696_2005_Article_BF01358949.pd

Integrating safety analysis techniques, supporting identification of common cause failures.

When we apply safety analysis techniques on a new design, our primary objective is to malfunctions. The ultimate aim is to identify weak areas of the design and stimulate design iterations that improve the safety of the system under examination. Unfortunately, the current industrial pratrise shows that this aim is seriously hindered by the lack of appropriate techniques for the analysis of complex hierarchical designs