Towards a collaborative modeling and simulation platform on the Internet
Advanced Engineering Informatics(2010)
摘要
The design and development of complex engineering systems, e.g. mechatronics, is increasingly characterized as an interdisciplinary process, which entails the co-operative work of distributed teams. However, traditional simulation tools generally emphasize discipline-oriented purposes and centralized running, and cannot adequately support the collaborative simulation in a distributed environment. Although some tools have been developed to enable remote access to simulations, most of them focus on the sharing of information and the provision of simulations via a single and centralized program. The long-term aim of this research is to develop a collaborative modeling and simulation platform, which will provide an integrated environment for multi-disciplinary teams to create, share, and integrate simulation services on the Internet. A step towards such a platform is described which includes the infrastructures for distributed communication, the mechanism for run-time interaction, and the representation of a simulation system at the abstract level. In this paper, we will (1) formulate a collaborative simulation problem; (2) identify the factors influencing the performance of a simulation; (3) propose a method for run-time interaction to achieve optimal simulation accuracy; and (4) illustrate how the components serving different purposes are integrated. A case study is described, based on a prototype implementation of the proposed solution, to explore supporting collaborative simulation in an Internet-distributed environment.
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simulation system,collaborative simulation problem,collaborative modeling,internet-distributed environment,simulation service,simulation platform,collaborative simulation,optimal simulation accuracy,run-time interaction,traditional simulation tool,modeling and simulation,distributed environment
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