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Papers by Georg Frey

Title: A Cloud-native Implementation of the Simulation as a Service-Concept Based on FMI
Authors: Moritz Stüber and Georg Frey
Abstract: Providing modelling and simulation capabilities as a service promises to increase their value by improving accessibility for non-expert users and software agents as well as by leveraging cloud-computing technology to scale simulation performance beyond the capabilities of a single computer. In order to reach this potential, implementations must align their design with the architectural styles of cloud computing applications and the web in general. We present an open-source, cloud-native Simulation as a Service (SIMaaS)-implementation that gives access to models and allows simulating them on the web. The implementation uses Functional Mockup Units (FMUs) for co-simulation as an executable form of a model and relies on FMPy for simulation. It is realized as a microservice in the form of a REST-based HTTP-API. Functionality and performance are demonstrated by using the service to create ensemble forecasts for PV systems and to search for an optimal parameter set using a genetic algorithm. Conceptual limitations and the resulting opportunities for further work are summarized.
Keywords: simulation as a service, cloud-native simulation, service-oriented software architecture, FMI 2.0
Paper: full paper Creative Commons License
Bibtex:
@InProceedings{modelica.org:Stuber:2021,
  title = "{A Cloud-native Implementation of the Simulation as a Service-Concept Based on FMI}",
  author = {Moritz St\"uber and Georg Frey},
  pages = {393--402},
  doi = {10.3384/ecp21181393},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the 14th International Modelica Conference},
  location = {Link\"oping, Sweden},
  editor = {Martin Sj\"olund and Lena Buffoni and Adrian Pop and Lennart Ochel},
  isbn = {978-91-7929-027-6},
  issn = {1650-3740},
  month = sep,
  series = {Link\"oping Electronic Conference Proceedings},
  number = {181},
  publisher = {Modelica Association and Link\"oping University Electronic Press},
  year = {2021}
}