Title | Simulation Integration Platforms for Cyber-Physical Systems |
Publication Type | Conference Paper |
Year of Publication | 2019 |
Authors | Neema, H., J. Sztipanovits, C. Steinbrink, T. Raub, B. Cornelsen, and S. Lehnhoff |
Conference Name | The First Workshop on Design Automation for CPS and IoT (DESTION 2019) |
Date Published | 04/2019 |
Publisher | ACM |
Conference Location | Montreal, Canada |
Abstract | Simulation-based analysis is essential in the model-based design process of Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS). Since heterogeneity is inherent to CPS, virtual prototyping of CPS designs and the simulation of their behavior in various environments typically involve a number of physical and computation/communication domains interacting with each other. Affordability of the model-based design process makes the use of existing domain-specific modeling and simulation tools all but mandatory. However, this pressure establishes the requirement for integrating the domain-specific models and simulators into a semantically consistent and efficient system-of-system simulation. The focus of the paper is the interoperability of popular integration platforms supporting heterogeneous multi-model simulations. We examine the relationship among three existing platforms: the High-Level Architecture (HLA)-based CPS Wind Tunnel (CPSWT), mosaik, and the Functional Mockup Unit (FMU). We discuss approaches to establish interoperability and present results of ongoing work in the context of an example. |