Computational Design Synthesis Using Model-Driven Engineering and Constraint Programming

Interface modeling for product‐service system integration

“…To materialize the functional interfaces, Ports are defined . Each interface exchange is supported by the Flow that can be actualized through Ports ˒ Representing the system interfaces, the Port is the interaction point between components that “allows the binding of the system element to another one with a physical interface (Figure ).” The Port refers to the “primary location through which one part of the system interacts with other parts of the environment.” “A port is a flow connector with four attributes: a type from the port ontology, a direction, a maximal multiplicity, and a minimal multiplicity.” The port can be contacted physically or virtually (Contact Type). For example, the USB port in a computer is a physical port but the connection point between the software and database to exchange data is considered as a virtual port.…”

“…16 "A port is a flow connector with four attributes: a type from the port ontology, a direction, a maximal multiplicity, and a minimal multiplicity." 20 The port can be contacted physically or virtually (Contact Type). For example, the USB port in a computer is a physical port but the connection point between the software and database to exchange data is considered as a virtual port.…”

“…19 Systems engineering (SE) recommendations could be advantageous as they provide a guide for integrating the heterogeneous interconnected systems and the identification and analysis of their interactions. 20 SE enables firms to develop PSS as an interdisciplinary system that consists of diverse and interrelated systems so as to provide the required function. 15 SE has proved its applicability to support the definition and integration of multidomains systems along with their development process.…”

Optimal Modeling Language and Framework for Schedulable Systems

“…In contrast with models for optimization, there are hardly any publications that address this problem. As stated by Chenouard [32], a constraint-programming based design synthesis process is presented using MDE techniques. A similar approach is adopted in Joachim's article [42], where an optimal model is searched within the context of certain requirements.…”