Title :
Using the HLA for Distributed Continuous Simulations
Author :
Awais, Muhammad Usman ; Mueller, Wolfgang ; Elsheikh, Atiyah ; Palensky, Peter ; Widl, Edmund
Author_Institution :
Austrian Inst. of Technol., Vienna, Austria
Abstract :
Distributed computing offers many advantages for all types of computational applications. Realizing heterogeneous simulation platforms may benefit from many facilities of distributed computing. However, distributing simulation components over a network raises many challenges concerning communications, data exchange, numerical stabilities and others. A well-known solution that addresses some of these challenges is the High Level Architecture (HLA). The HLA is an industry standard for distributed simulation and interoperability. So far the HLA has been used in industry for Discrete Event Simulations (DES). In this paper it is presented how the HLA can also be employed for continuous simulations. Two HLA specific algorithms for distributing explicitly coupled continuous simulation components over the network are presented. The simulation components follow the Functional Mock-up Interface (FMI) specification. The FMI is a specification for model exchange and co-simulation among simulation tools. Any simulation component conforming to FMI, generated from any of the more than forty simulation tools that are supporting or planning to support the FMI, can be considered in the proposed architecture.
Keywords :
discrete event simulation; formal specification; object-oriented methods; open systems; DES; FMI specification; HLA; computational applications; cosimulation; discrete event simulations; distributed computing; distributed continuous simulation components; functional mock-up interface specification; heterogeneous simulation platforms; high level architecture; industry standard; interoperability; model exchange; simulation tools; Computational modeling; Computer architecture; Couplings; Jacobian matrices; Mathematical model; Numerical models; System recovery; Functional Mock-up Interface (FMI); High Level Architecture (HLA); Modelica; co-simulation; continuous simulation; distributed simulation; parallel simulation; simulation interoperability;
Conference_Titel :
Modelling and Simulation (EUROSIM), 2013 8th EUROSIM Congress on
Conference_Location :
Cardiff
DOI :
10.1109/EUROSIM.2013.96