METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING A CONFIGURATION OF AN AUTOMATION SYSTEM

摘要

A configuration system and method adapted to perform a configuration or reconfiguration of applications run by an automation system, said configuration system comprising; a processing unit adapted to process at least one natural language statement of a user requirement input by a user concerning a control and/or monitoring functionality of the automation system based on a user ontology of the user and/or an automation system ontology of the automation system to generate a formal requirements specification; and a matching unit adapted to match the generated formal requirements specification and formal component specifications read from a component library to derive a configuration deployment comprising one or several suitable components with configurations fulfilling the input user requirement.