Abstract
The challenge of increasing the dependability of a self-optimizing system is best addressed by a development process which seamlessly integrates appropriate dependability-oriented methods. The developer is assisted during this process by a set of guidelines to help him or her select the most suitable methods for the current development step.
In this chapter, a development process making use of these guidlines for the effective development of a self-optimizing system is shown exemplarily and advantages are highlighted that can be obtained by expanding the development process to include methods of increasing the dependability of the resulting system. Furthermore, the interaction between and sequence of these methods is outlined. As a case study, the RailCab system is presented and an abstract of its development process is illustrated.
In general, the development process is structured into the two phases: ”Conceptual Design” and ”Design and Development”. During Conceptual Design of the Active Guidance Module of the RailCab, methods based on the specification of the Principle Solution are employed to being increasing the dependability as early as possible. This is followed by the Design and Development phase, during which methods of analyzing the dependability of the whole RailCab system, as well as of optimizing the system behavior, are employed.
In Sect. 3.3, a methodology was presented, which supports the improvement of the dependability of self-optimizing systems. Its constituent elements are a method database, a guide for planning the use of the selected methods in the development process, and the appropriate software tool. By using the presented methodology, the developer can decide easier and faster which of the vast number of available dependability engineering methods (like shown for self-optimizing systems in Chap. 3) suits the development task best. In the following, the use of this methodology in an actual development project (the RailCab mentioned in previous chapters) will be discussed as a concrete application of the strategies presented thus far in the book. Additionally, the methods, selected by engineering teams to improve the dependability of the RailCab will be discussed in detail.
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Dorociak, R., Gausemeier, J., Iwanek, P., Meyer, T., Sextro, W. (2014). Case Study. In: Gausemeier, J., Rammig, F., Schäfer, W., Sextro, W. (eds) Dependability of Self-Optimizing Mechatronic Systems. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-53742-4_4
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