Published since June 20, 1964

at - Automatisierungstechnik

Methoden und Anwendungen der Steuerungs-, Regelungs- und Informationstechnik

ISSN: 2196-677X

Editor-in-chief: Ulrich Jumar

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Objective
Automatisierungstechnik (AUTO) publishes articles covering the entire range of automation technology: development and application of methods, the operating principles, characteristics, and applications of tools and the interrelationships between automation technology and societal developments. The journal includes a tutorial series on "Theory for Users," and a forum for the exchange of viewpoints concerning past, present, and future developments. Automatisierungstechnik is the official organ of GMA (The VDI/VDE Society for Measurement and Automatic Control) and NAMUR (The Process-Industry Interest Group for Automation Technology).

Topics

control engineering
digital measurement systems
cybernetics
robotics
process automation / process engineering
control design
modelling
information processing
man-machine interfaces
networked control systems
complexity management
machine learning
ambient assisted living
automated driving
bio-analysis technology
building automation
factory automation / smart factories
flexible manufacturing systems
functional safety
mechatronic systems

Article formats
Overview articles (reviews), methodological papers, applications papers, tools papers

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Practical relevance of published articles
Important guide on matters related to automation technology
New theoretical methods and their potential areas of application
Close ties to research institutes and universities engaged in automation research
Annual Best Paper Awards sponsored by industry partners
Special Issues on hot topics by renowned Guest Editors

History

The journal at – Automatisierungstechnik was founded in 1953 in West Germany, at the time entitled rt – Regelungstechnik, nine years after the first German chair for automation control was established at the Technical University of Berlin-Charlottenburg. The first German institute entirely dedicated to automation control was founded in 1955 in Dresden. The division of Germany into East and West as of 1949 affected the German automation control community in terms of knowledge exchange, personal contacts and publication habits, with West German results usually being published in at, while researchers in East Germany published in Messen, Steuern, Regeln (msr), founded in 1957. In 1991, following the German reunification, economic considerations dictated a merger of msr with the practical journal Automatisierungstechnische Praxis (atp), while the more theoretical content previously published by msr found itself drawn to at.

at – Automatisierungstechnik has been closely affiliated with the prime annual automation control conference in Germany, Regelungstechnisches Kolloquium, which is held every February in the town of Boppard near Koblenz. The 50th anniversary of this colloquium was celebrated in 2016 in at with a number of articles including historical accounts and rhymed wit.

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at - Automatiserungstechnik was originally founded as rt – Regelungstechnik. Its current name was introduced in 1985.

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Volume 71 Issue 6

June 2023

Publicly Available June 8, 2023

Frontmatter

Page range: i-iii

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Methoden

Open Access June 7, 2023

Bad Smells in Steuerungssoftware für automatisierte Produktionssysteme

Lisa Sonnleithner, Antonio Gutiérrez, Rick Rabiser, Alois Zoitl

Page range: 413-423

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Abstract

Zusammenfassung Bad Smells sind suboptimale Strukturen oder Muster in Software, die zu einer Verschlechterung der Softwarequalität führen können, da sie unter anderem Wartungsprobleme verursachen und die Verständlichkeit erschweren können. Um das Auftreten dieser Probleme zu vermeiden, ist es deshalb wichtig, Bad Smells in Software erkennen und beheben zu können. Im Software Engineering ist das Thema Bad Smells bereits gut erforscht. Für IEC 61499-basierte Steuerungsoftware, die in automatisierten Produktionssystemen verwendet wird, gibt es jedoch erst wenige Arbeiten zu diesem wichtigen Thema.

Open Access June 7, 2023

A pattern catalog for augmenting Digital Twin models with behavior

Daniel Lehner, Sabine Sint, Martin Eisenberg, Manuel Wimmer

Page range: 423-443

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Digital Twins are emerging as a solution to build and extend existing software systems to make better use of data produced by physical systems. For supporting the development of Digital Twins, several software vendors are offering dedicated tool support, often referred to as Digital Twin platforms. The modeling capabilities of these platforms are mostly concerned with structural viewpoints, i.e., providing an overview of available components including their current and historical sensor values. However, behavioral viewpoints did not yet receive much attention on these platforms. As behavioral models are often used during the design processes, e.g., for simulation and synthesis, it would be beneficial for having them included in Digital Twin platforms, e.g., for reasoning on the set of possible next actions or for checking the execution history to perform runtime validation. In this paper, we present a catalog of modeling patterns for augmenting Digital Twin models with behavioral models and their corresponding runtime information without requiring any extension of the code bases of Digital Twin platforms. We demonstrate the presented modeling patterns by applying them to the Digital Twin platform offered by Microsoft, in an additive manufacturing use case of a 3D printer in a production line.

Open Access June 7, 2023

Architecture-based attack propagation and variation analysis for identifying confidentiality issues in Industry 4.0

Maximilian Walter, Sebastian Hahner, Tomáš Bureš, Petr Hnětynka, Robert Heinrich, Ralf Reussner

Page range: 443-452

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Exchanging data between entities is an essential part of Industry 4.0. However, the data exchange should not affect the confidentiality. Therefore, data should only be shared with the intended entities. In exceptional scenarios, it is unclear whether data should be shared or not and what the impact of the access decision is. Runtime access control systems such as role-based access control often do not consider the impact on the overall confidentiality. Static design-time analyses often provide this information. We use architectural design-time analyses together with an uncertainty variation metamodel mitigating uncertainty to calculate impact properties of attack paths. Runtime access control approaches can then use this information to support the access control decision. We evaluated our approach on four case studies based on real-world examples and research cases.

June 7, 2023

Towards automated risk assessments for modular manufacturing systems

Process analysis and information model proposal

Marco Ehrlich, Andre Bröring, Christian Diedrich, Jürgen Jasperneite

Page range: 453-466

Abstract

Manufacturing systems based on Industry 4.0 concepts provide a greater availability of data and have modular characteristics enabling frequent changes. This raises the need for new security engineering concepts that cover the increasing complexity and frequency of mandatory security risk assessments. In contrast, the current standardization landscape used for the assessment of these systems only offers abstract, static, manual, and resource-intensive procedures. Therefore, this work proposes a method that further specifies the IEC 62443 aiming to automate the security risk assessments in such a way that manual efforts can be reduced and a consistent quality can be achieved. The methodology is presented using network segmentation as a guiding example and consists of four main steps: Information collection based on a process analysis, information formalisation with a semi-formal model, information usage applying first order logic to extract expert knowledge, and information access using the concept of the digital twin. In addition, the applicability of the IEC 62443 standard to the risk assessment of modular manufacturing systems is evaluated.

June 7, 2023

Time domain design of PI-C controllers

Peter Hippe

Page range: 467-475

Abstract

PI-C (Proportional-Integral-Compensating) controllers are observer-based compensators with integral action containing an inverse model of the plant. Originally developed for windup prevention in case of sensor saturation they are also useful in the presence of actuator saturation. They allow to achieve a nearly perfect disturbance attenuation while the loop gain satisfies the Circle Criterion. It has also been demonstrated that PI-C controllers can solve the windup problem in case of joint input and output saturation. The design of PI-C controllers has only been formulated in the frequency domain so far which, in the MIMO case, requires the manipulation of polynomial matrices. Here, the state-space design of PI-C controllers is presented.

Tools

June 7, 2023

MORpH: Model reduction of linear port-Hamiltonian systems in MATLAB

Tim Moser, Julius Durmann, Maximilian Bonauer, Boris Lohmann

Page range: 476-489

Abstract

We present a novel software toolbox MORpH for the efficient storage, analysis, interconnection and structure-preserving model order reduction (MOR) of linear port-Hamiltonian differential-algebraic equation systems (pH-DAEs). The model class of pH-DAEs enables energy-based modeling and a flexible coupling of models across different physical domains. This makes them particularly suited for the simulation and control of complex technical systems. To promote the use of recent theoretical findings in engineering practice, efficient software solutions are required. In this work, we illustrate how possibly large-scale pH-DAEs can be efficiently stored and interconnected in MATLAB in an object-oriented way. We discuss three structure-preserving MOR strategies that are supported by MORpH and demonstrate the application and performance of selected MOR algorithms by means of two benchmark examples.

Forum

June 7, 2023

Cyberangriffe blockierende programmierbare Automatisierungssysteme

Wolfgang A. Halang

Page range: 490-496

Abstract

Zusammenfassung Fast täglich wird über Hackerangriffe und Datenspionage berichtet – Phänomene, die auch die funktionale Sicherheit rechnergestützter Automatisierungssysteme gefährden. Darüber würden die Erfinder der Digitalrechner, Charles Babbage und Konrad Zuse, nur gelacht haben; denn es war unmöglich, ihre Maschinen von außerhalb zu beeinflussen, und zwar auch dann, wenn sie über Telekommunikationseinrichtungen verfügt hätten. Auch heute könnte mit marktüblicher Technologie das Auftreten aller Sicherheitsprobleme der digitalen Informations- und Kommunikationstechnik in einfacher Weise konstruktiv verhindert werden, d.h. Rechner lassen sich bauen, an denen alle denkbaren Hackerangriffe konstruktionsbedingt abprallen. Weiterhin wird an eine vor über 100 Jahren patentierte Datenverschlüsselungsmethode erinnert, deren Wirkprinzip systematisches Entschlüsseln und Überflutungsangriffe unmöglich macht.

Dissertationen

June 7, 2023

Contributions to numerical differentiation using orthogonal polynomials and its application to fault detection and parameter identification

Amine Othmane

Page range: 496-498

Abstract

This thesis investigates numerical differentiation methods based on orthogonal polynomials and applies the methods to fault detection and parameter estimation problems. Time-domain and frequency-domain analyses of the differentiators are provided. Tuning guidelines and real-time implementations are proposed.

Mitteilungen

June 7, 2023

Vom 57. Regelungstechnischen Kolloquium in Boppard

Christian Diedrich

Page range: 499-500

Persönliches

June 7, 2023

Prof. Dr. Georg Bretthauer bekommt höchste VDI-Auszeichnung verliehen

Ulrich Jumar

Page range: 501-502

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5-year Journal Impact Factor	0.654
CiteScore	1.9
Journal Impact Factor	0.823
Journal Citation Indicator	0.17
SCImago Journal Rank	0.342
Source Normalized Impact per Paper	0.712

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Editorial

Editor-in-Chief
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ulrich Jumar, ifak, Magdeburg

Advisory Board
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jürgen Adamy, TU Darmstadt
Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Jürgen Beyerer, Fraunhofer-IOSB, Karlsruhe
Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Georg Bretthauer, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Alexander Fay, Helmut-Schmidt-Universität, Hamburg
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Sören Hohmann, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Tobias Kleinert, RWTH Aachen
Dr. Kim Listmann, Bender GmbH & Co KG, Grünberg
Prof. Dr. Ralf Mikut, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie
Dr.-Ing. Jörg Neidig, Siemens AG, Nürnberg
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Georg Rauter, University of Basel
Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Dipl.-Math. Klaus Röbenack, TU Dresden
Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Joachim Rudolph, Universität des Saarlands, Saarbrücken
Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Martin Wolter, Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg
Prof. Dr. Ningbo Yu, Nankai University, Tianjin, P.R. China

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Online ISSN: 2196-677X
Print ISSN: 0178-2312
Type: Journal
Languages: German, English
Publisher: De Gruyter (O)
First published: June 20, 1964
Publication Frequency: 12 Issues per Year
Audience: researchers in the field of automation technology in academia and industry