Publications on Intelligent Distributed Automation

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E. Demin, S. Patil, V. Dubinin, V. Vyatkin, “IEC 61499 Distributed Control Enhanced with Cloud-based Web-Services”, 10th IEEE International Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications (ICIEA 2015), June 15-17, 2015, Auckland, New Zealand
W. Dai, V. Vyatkin, C. Chen, X. Guan, “Modeling Distributed Automation Systems in Cyber- Physical View”, 10th IEEE International Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications (ICIEA 2015), June 15-17, 2015, Auckland, New Zealand
W. Dai, C. Pang, V. Vyatkin, J. H. Christensen, “Time-Stamped Discrete-Event Based Execution Semantics for Industrial Cyber-Physical Systems”, IEEE International Conference on Industrial Informatics INDIN’2015, Cambridge, July, 2015
J. Yan, V. Vyatkin, “Distributed Software Architecture Enabling Peer-to-Peer Communicating Controllers”, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, 2013, in print, doi: 10.1109/TII.2013.2258164
Keywords: Truly distributed BHS control is possible! Achieved with IEC 61499 and tested on 50 controllers network. Good bye, IEC 61131-3?
G. Black, V. Vyatkin, Intelligent Componentbased Automation of Baggage Handling Systems with IEC 61499, IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, 2010, 7(2), doi: 10.1109/TASE.2008.2007216, pp. 337-351
Keywords: Airport BHS, Distributed Automation, IEC 61499, Simulation
Yan J., and Vyatkin V., “Distributed Execution and Cyber-Physical Design of Baggage Handling Automation with IEC 61499”, 9th International IEEE Conference on Industrial Informatics, (INDIN’11), July, 2011, Lisbon, Portugal
Dai W., Vyatkin V. and Dubinin V., “Ontology-based Design Recovery and Migration between IEC 61499 – compliant Tools”, IEEE International Conference on Industrial Electronics, IECON’11, Melbourne, Australia, November, 2011
C. Pang, J. Yan, V. Vyatkin S. Jennings, “Distributed IEC 61499 Material Handling Control based on Time Synchronization with IEEE 1588“, IEEE International Symposium on Precision Clock Synchronization for Measurement, Control, and Communication, Munich, September 2011
Keywords: precise clock synchronisation, time-driven control, IEEE 1588.
Dai W., Vyatkin V. and Dubinin V., “IEC 61499 Ontology Model for Semantic Analysis and Code Generation”, 9th International IEEE Conference on Industrial Informatics, (INDIN’11), July, 2011, Lisbon, Portugal
W. Dai, V. Vyatkin, “Redesign Distributed IEC 61131-3 PLC System in IEC 61499 Function Blocks”, IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA’10), Bilbao, Spain, September, 2010
W. Dai, V. Vyatkin, ‘On Migration from PLCs to IEC 61499: Addressing the Data Handling Issues‘, 8th International IEEE Conference on Industrial Informatics, (INDIN’10), July 13-16, Osaka, Japan, 2010
Keywords: IEC 61131-3, IEC 61499, Software Engineering, Automatic transformation, encapsulation, migration
W. Dai, V. Vyatkin, “A Case Study on Migration from IEC 61131 PLC to IEC 61499 Function Block Control”, 7th International IEEE Conference on Industrial Informatics, (INDIN’09), Cardiff, June 2009
G. Black, V. Vyatkin, ‘On Practical Implementation of Holonic Control Principles in Baggage Handling Systems using IEC 61499’, in Holonic and Multi-Agent Systems for Manufacturing, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 4659,  pp. 314-325
preview Vyatkin V, Salcic Z., Roop P., Fitzgerald J., Information Infrastructure of Intelligent Machines based on IEC61499 Architecture, IEEE Industrial Electronics Magazine, vol. 1, No. 4, 2007
Keywords: Material handling systems, intelligent conveyors, distributed control, IEC 61499, Flexibility