Domain Specific Modeling Language for Cyber Physical Systems

The benefits of Domain Specific Modeling Languages (DSML), for modeling and design of cyber physical systems, have been acknowledged in previous years. In contrast to general purpose modeling languages, such as Unified Modeling Language, DSML facilitates the modeling of domain specific concepts. The objective of this work is to develop a simple graphical DSML for cyber physical systems, which allow the unified modeling of the structural and behavioral aspects of a system in a single model, and provide model transformation and design verification support in future. The proposed DSML was defined in terms of its abstract and concrete syntax. The applicability of the proposed DSML was demonstrated by its application in two case studies: Traffic Signal and Arbiter case studies. The results showed that the proposed DSML produce simple and unified models with possible model transformation and verification support.