TY - JOUR
T1 - An empirical survey on co-simulation
T2 - Promising standards, challenges and research needs
AU - Schweiger, G.
AU - Gomes, C.
AU - Engel, G.
AU - Hafner, I.
AU - Schoeggl, J.
AU - Posch, A.
AU - Nouidui, T.
PY - 2019/9/1
Y1 - 2019/9/1
N2 - Co-simulation is a promising approach for the modelling and simulation of complex systems, that makes use of mature simulation tools in the respective domains. It has been applied in various different domains, oftentimes without a comprehensive study of the impact to the simulation results. As a consequence, over the recent years, researchers have set out to understand the essential challenges arising from the application of this technique. This paper complements the existing surveys in that the social and empirical aspects were addressed. More than 50 experts participated in a two-stage Delphi study to determine current challenges, research needs and promising standards and tools. Furthermore, an analysis of the strengths, weakness, opportunities and threats of co-simulation utilizing the analytic hierarchy process resulting in a SWOT-AHP analysis is presented. The empirical results of this study show that experts consider the FMI standard to be the most promising standard for continuous time, discrete event and hybrid co-simulation. The results of the SWOT-AHP analysis indicate that factors related to strengths and opportunities predominate.
AB - Co-simulation is a promising approach for the modelling and simulation of complex systems, that makes use of mature simulation tools in the respective domains. It has been applied in various different domains, oftentimes without a comprehensive study of the impact to the simulation results. As a consequence, over the recent years, researchers have set out to understand the essential challenges arising from the application of this technique. This paper complements the existing surveys in that the social and empirical aspects were addressed. More than 50 experts participated in a two-stage Delphi study to determine current challenges, research needs and promising standards and tools. Furthermore, an analysis of the strengths, weakness, opportunities and threats of co-simulation utilizing the analytic hierarchy process resulting in a SWOT-AHP analysis is presented. The empirical results of this study show that experts consider the FMI standard to be the most promising standard for continuous time, discrete event and hybrid co-simulation. The results of the SWOT-AHP analysis indicate that factors related to strengths and opportunities predominate.
KW - Co-simulation
KW - Delphi method
KW - Empirical survey
KW - Modelling
KW - Simulation
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85065665145&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.simpat.2019.05.001
DO - 10.1016/j.simpat.2019.05.001
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85065665145
SN - 1569-190X
VL - 95
SP - 148
EP - 163
JO - Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory
JF - Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory
ER -