A Graphical Programming Language and Its Supporting Tool for Insect Intelligent Building

The emerging Insect Intelligent Building (I2B) platform is pioneering a new realm in intelligent buildings. I2B has a distributed and decentralized network structure with intelligent nodes, and the key enabler is an application (APP) that functions to process information from intelligent nodes and a...

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Published inScientific programming Vol. 2020; no. 2020; pp. 1 - 18
Main Authors Xing, Jianchun, Zhao, Shuo, Yang, Qiliang, Chen, Wenjie, Zhou, Qizhen
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Cairo, Egypt Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2020
Hindawi
Hindawi Limited
Subjects
Assembly language
Building automation
Buildings
Control algorithms
Control tasks
Domains
Insects
Language modeling
Native languages
Nodes
Programming languages
Prototypes
Smart buildings
Task complexity
Visual programming languages
Water supply
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Summary:The emerging Insect Intelligent Building (I2B) platform is pioneering a new realm in intelligent buildings. I2B has a distributed and decentralized network structure with intelligent nodes, and the key enabler is an application (APP) that functions to process information from intelligent nodes and accomplish complex control tasks in a decentralized network. To develop APPs for I2B, a proper programming language is the foremost goal; however, existing programming languages cannot be applied directly due to I2B's unique structure and distinction of application domains. This paper aims to provide language support for a direct and friendly development of I2B APPs. We propose a graphical programming language that adapts to the operating characteristics of I2B and users' habits of buildings. Specifically, we first analyze the domain characteristics of the proposed language and present a general programming language model illustrated with a motivating example. Then, we investigate the detailed design, definition, and usage of graphic elements. Additionally, we implement a prototype support tool for the graphical programming language to develop I2B APPs. Moreover, we use the application example of a building's constant pressure control for evaluating the effectiveness of our work.
ISSN:1058-9244
1875-919X
DOI:10.1155/2020/9634389