Comprehensive management function models applied to heterogeneous industrial networks

The comprehensive management function models (CMFM) represent a solution for the growing heterogeneity in the management plane of the industrial domain. We present the internal structure of the CMFM with a meta-model. The use of semantic techniques and knowledge formalization is a first step towards management automation from a human-centric point of view. This human-centric character also helps to keep the overview and comprehensive understanding in the vast field of the network management. The evaluation of the CMFM against well-known and widely used network management systems explains the extent of the novelty of this approach. The CMFM ease the management of heterogeneous industrial networks and are a first step towards the application of further automation measures like artificial intelligence.