ITEA2/MODRIO

Purpose and goal

The objective of the project has been to extend modelling and simulation tools based on open standards (Modelica & FMI) from system design to system operation and in that way increase the competitiveness of the tools chiefly in the area of safety critical systems. The project has developed change proposals in that area for the two standards. The outcome is a new version of FMI (2.0) and several concrete change proposals that will be integrated in future versions.

Expected results and effects

During the project Wolfram MathCore has developed functionality in SystemModeler for risk and reliability analysis, state estimation, model predictive control and integration with industrial control systems. The new functionality expands the market for SystemModeler. At the same time it has the potential to increase the return on investment in M&S for our customers as models can be reused to solve new kinds of problems and increase their operational efficiency. In many cases the new functionality has already been commercialized and resulted in increased sales.

Planned approach and implementation

During the first phase of the project system requirement analysis was done based on industrial use-cases and benchmark models. They were developed chiefly by partners that are industrial users of modeling and simulation. The requirements have guided the development of the different technical solutions, all to assure relevant solutions for the industry. The outcome of the approach has been good, with several fruitful interactions between users and tool developers.