When collaborative embedded systems (CESs) connect to form a group, this collaborative system group (CSG) can achieve goals that are beyond the reach of individual systems. The goals such a group can achieve depend on the constituent collaborative embedded systems. Consequently, the ability of a collaborative system group to adapt itself is driven by the capabilities of its collaborative embedded systems. This tight interconnection impedes the manual handling of adaptation strategies. Therefore, this chapter introduces a goal-based approach for strategy exploration that considers the peculiarities of collaborative system groups and collaborative embedded systems. The chapter sets out the model-based approach to adaptive system (group) design, incorporating the goals of collaborative system groups and individual systems, and outlines corresponding automated validation methods. We demonstrate the applicability of our approach for a case example of collaborative transport robots.

Authors and Affiliations

1. University of Duisburg-Essen, Duisburg, Germany

   Patricia Aluko Obe, Jennifer Brings & Marian Daun

2. Offis e.V., Oldenburg, Germany

   Linda Feeken & Ingo Stierand

3. InSystems Automation GmbH, Berlin, Germany

   Elham Mirzaei, Martin Neumann & Jan-Stefan Zernickel

4. Siemens AG, Munich, Germany

   Jochen Nickles & Markus Sauer

5. Model Engineering Solutions GmbH, Berlin, Germany

   Simon Rösel

6. Fraunhofer FOKUS, Berlin, Germany

   Holger Schlingloff

Editors and Affiliations

1. Fakultät für Informatik, Technische Universität München, Garching, Germany

   Wolfgang Böhm

2. Fakultät für Informatik, Technische Universität München, Garching, Germany

   Manfred Broy

3. Corporate Technology, CT RDA SSI, Siemens AG, München, Germany

   Cornel Klein

4. Software Systems Engineering, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

   Klaus Pohl

5. Lehrstuhl Software Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

   Bernhard Rumpe

6. Assembly Technique (CR/APA1), Robert Bosch (Germany), Renningen, Germany

   Sebastian Schröck

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