Towards Data-driven Dependability Assurance for Softwarized Industrial Networks

Industry 4.0 promotes the concepts of "industrial internet and digital factory", which requires the transformation of legacy industrial networks. Softwarized network architectures can aid this transition by providing a fine grained network traffic control and high degree of programmability, as demonstrated in the first field trials. Three dependability assurance frameworks proposed in this thesis are the first step towards the robust quality assurance for softwarized industrial networks.