Towards self-explainable cyber-physical systems

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Authors

  • Mathias Blumreiter
  • Joel Greenyer
  • Francisco Javier Chiyah Garcia
  • Verena Klos
  • Maike Schwammberger
  • Christoph Sommer
  • Andreas Vogelsang
  • Andreas Wortmann

Research Organisations

External Research Organisations

  • Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH)
  • Heriot-Watt University
  • Technische Universität Berlin
  • Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg
  • Heinz Nixdorf Institute
  • Paderborn University
  • RWTH Aachen University
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Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2019 ACM/IEEE 22nd International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems Companion, MODELS-C 2019
Subtitle of host publicationProceedings
EditorsLoli Burgueno, Loli Burgueno, Alexander Pretschner, Sebastian Voss, Michel Chaudron, Jorg Kienzle, Markus Volter, Sebastien Gerard, Mansooreh Zahedi, Erwan Bousse, Arend Rensink, Fiona Polack, Gregor Engels, Gerti Kappel
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages543-548
Number of pages6
ISBN (electronic)978-1-7281-5125-0
ISBN (print)978-1-7281-5126-7
Publication statusPublished - Sept 2019
Event22nd ACM/IEEE International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems Companion, MODELS-C 2019 - Munich, Germany
Duration: 15 Sept 201920 Sept 2019

Abstract

With the increasing complexity of Cyber-Physical Systems, their behavior and decisions become increasingly difficult to understand and comprehend for users and other stakeholders. Our vision is to build self-explainable systems that can, at run-time, answer questions about the system's past, current, and future behavior. As hitherto no design methodology or reference framework exists for building such systems, we propose the Monitor, Analyze, Build, Explain (MAB-EX) framework for building self-explainable systems that leverage requirements-and explainability models at run-time. The basic idea of MAB-EX is to first Monitor and Analyze a certain behavior of a system, then Build an explanation from explanation models and convey this EXplanation in a suitable way to a stakeholder. We also take into account that new explanations can be learned, by updating the explanation models, should new and yet un-explainable behavior be detected by the system.

Keywords

    Cyber physical systems, Explainability, Self-adaptive systems

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Towards self-explainable cyber-physical systems. / Blumreiter, Mathias; Greenyer, Joel; Chiyah Garcia, Francisco Javier et al.
2019 ACM/IEEE 22nd International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems Companion, MODELS-C 2019: Proceedings. ed. / Loli Burgueno; Loli Burgueno; Alexander Pretschner; Sebastian Voss; Michel Chaudron; Jorg Kienzle; Markus Volter; Sebastien Gerard; Mansooreh Zahedi; Erwan Bousse; Arend Rensink; Fiona Polack; Gregor Engels; Gerti Kappel. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2019. p. 543-548 8904796.

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Blumreiter, M, Greenyer, J, Chiyah Garcia, FJ, Klos, V, Schwammberger, M, Sommer, C, Vogelsang, A & Wortmann, A 2019, Towards self-explainable cyber-physical systems. in L Burgueno, L Burgueno, A Pretschner, S Voss, M Chaudron, J Kienzle, M Volter, S Gerard, M Zahedi, E Bousse, A Rensink, F Polack, G Engels & G Kappel (eds), 2019 ACM/IEEE 22nd International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems Companion, MODELS-C 2019: Proceedings., 8904796, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 543-548, 22nd ACM/IEEE International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems Companion, MODELS-C 2019, Munich, Germany, 15 Sept 2019. https://doi.org/10.1109/MODELS-C.2019.00084
Blumreiter, M., Greenyer, J., Chiyah Garcia, F. J., Klos, V., Schwammberger, M., Sommer, C., Vogelsang, A., & Wortmann, A. (2019). Towards self-explainable cyber-physical systems. In L. Burgueno, L. Burgueno, A. Pretschner, S. Voss, M. Chaudron, J. Kienzle, M. Volter, S. Gerard, M. Zahedi, E. Bousse, A. Rensink, F. Polack, G. Engels, & G. Kappel (Eds.), 2019 ACM/IEEE 22nd International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems Companion, MODELS-C 2019: Proceedings (pp. 543-548). Article 8904796 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/MODELS-C.2019.00084
Blumreiter M, Greenyer J, Chiyah Garcia FJ, Klos V, Schwammberger M, Sommer C et al. Towards self-explainable cyber-physical systems. In Burgueno L, Burgueno L, Pretschner A, Voss S, Chaudron M, Kienzle J, Volter M, Gerard S, Zahedi M, Bousse E, Rensink A, Polack F, Engels G, Kappel G, editors, 2019 ACM/IEEE 22nd International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems Companion, MODELS-C 2019: Proceedings. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2019. p. 543-548. 8904796 doi: 10.1109/MODELS-C.2019.00084
Blumreiter, Mathias ; Greenyer, Joel ; Chiyah Garcia, Francisco Javier et al. / Towards self-explainable cyber-physical systems. 2019 ACM/IEEE 22nd International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems Companion, MODELS-C 2019: Proceedings. editor / Loli Burgueno ; Loli Burgueno ; Alexander Pretschner ; Sebastian Voss ; Michel Chaudron ; Jorg Kienzle ; Markus Volter ; Sebastien Gerard ; Mansooreh Zahedi ; Erwan Bousse ; Arend Rensink ; Fiona Polack ; Gregor Engels ; Gerti Kappel. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2019. pp. 543-548
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