Towards Efficient Generation of a Multi-Domain Engineering Graph with Common Concepts

Industry 4.0 envisions adaptive production systems, i.e., Cyber-Physical Production Systems (CPPSs), to manufacture products from a product line. Product-Process-Resource modeling represents the essential aspects of a CPPS. However, due to discipline-specific models, e.g., mechanical, electrical, and automation models, it is often unclear how to integrate the proprietary data into an integrated model due to missing common understanding. This paper investigates (i) how to integrate local engineering views with Common Concepts (CCs) and using them as a defined taxonomy for modeling a network of engineering concepts; (ii) how to build an engineering network graph for visualisation and analysis considering discipline-specific needs. We motivate a method to support CPPS engineering organisations to integrate their heterogeneous data using CCs. This builds the basis for defining multi-domain engineering graphs for visualisation and analysis aspects. In this paper, we present a research agenda discussing open issues and expected results.