A domain-specific modeling language for production systems in early engineering phases

Beers, Lasse; Nabizada, Hamied; Gehlhoff, Felix; Chahine, Alain; Weigand, Maximilian; Fay, Alexander

doi:10.3390/systems14020150

A domain-specific modeling language for production systems in early engineering phases

Publication date

2026-01-30

Document type

Forschungsartikel

Author

Chahine, Alain

Organisational unit

Automatisierungstechnik

DTEC.bw

DOI

10.3390/systems14020150

URI

https://openhsu.ub.hsu-hh.de/handle/10.24405/23992

Project

Intelligente modulare Robotik und integrierte Produktionsgestaltung im Flugzeugbau

Publisher

MDPI

Series or journal

Systems

ISSN

2079-8954

Periodical volume

14

Periodical issue

2

Article ID

150

Peer-reviewed

✅

Part of the university bibliography

✅

Funding(s)

Publikationsfonds der HSU/UniBw H

Language

English

Keyword

Model-based systems engineering (MBSE)

Domain-specific modeling language (DSML)

Systems modeling language (SysML)

Industrial standard

Production system

Manufacturing

dtec.bw

Abstract

The development of modern production systems involves numerous interdependent disciplines, heterogeneous data sources, and frequent design iterations, making the conceptual design phase particularly complex and error-prone. Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) provides a promising approach to manage this complexity by enabling consistent and structured system representations. While domain-specific modeling languages (DSMLs) can tailor MBSE methods to specific domains, existing approaches often lack standardized semantics, user guidance, and tool support to ensure consistent model creation and verification. This paper introduces a DSML framework tailored for the conceptual design of production systems, integrating both methodological guidance and standard-based domain knowledge. The approach builds upon the Software Platform Embedded Systems (SPES) framework and extends Systems Modeling Language (SysML) through the Unified Modeling Language (UML) profile mechanism, providing clear modeling constructs, viewpoint-specific diagram types, and automated consistency checks. To enhance comprehensibility and domain alignment, the framework incorporates supplementary DSMLs that capture structures and semantics from established industrial standards. The proposed method is evaluated using an aircraft production case study, demonstrating improved applicability of MBSE for the conceptual design of complex production systems.

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