The potential impact of the IEC61499 standard on the progress of distributed intelligent automation

Valeriy V. Vyatkin

International Journal of Manufacturing Technology and Management, 2006, vol. 8, issue 1/2/3, 107-125

Abstract: This paper provides an overview of the newly emerging standard IEC61499. In particular, it discusses the motivation for the standard's development, basic technical features, implementation problems and business perspectives. Key research and development activities relevant to the standard's development and implementation are also discussed. Thus, the aim of this paper is to provide up-to-date information on the standard in a concise form for automation engineers, researchers and for the management of companies involved in industrial automation business.

Keywords: function blocks; IEC61499; distributed component-based automation; industrial automation; process measurement; process control. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=8801 (text/html)
Access to full text is restricted to subscribers.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ids:ijmtma:v:8:y:2006:i:1/2/3:p:107-125

Access Statistics for this article

More articles in International Journal of Manufacturing Technology and Management from Inderscience Enterprises Ltd
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Sarah Parker ().