TwinOps - DevOps meets model-based engineering and digital twins for the engineering of CPS

TLDR

Engineering CPS requires diverse expertise, and model‑based engineering and DevOps aim to improve software quality by treating models as first‑class artifacts and by continuous integration and runtime monitoring. Combining model‑based engineering with DevOps can efficiently improve the engineering process of CPS.

Abstract

The engineering of Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) requires a large set of expertise to capture the system requirements and to derive a correct solution. Model-based Engineering and DevOps aim to efficiently deliver software with increased quality. Model-based Engineering relies on models as first-class artifacts to analyze, simulate, and ultimately generate parts of a system. DevOps focuses on software engineering activities, from early development to integration, and then improvement through the monitoring of the system at run-time. We claim these can be efficiently combined to improve the engineering process of CPS.