Cloud computing has recently received considerable attention, as a promising approach for delivering ICT services by improving the utilisation of data centre resources. On the other hand, the increased usage of ICT, j...
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Cloud computing has recently received considerable attention, as a promising approach for delivering ICT services by improving the utilisation of data centre resources. On the other hand, the increased usage of ICT, jointly with the increased cost of energy, make designing and managing data centres with energy efficient strategies a crucial and strategical problem. In the literature there are many studies based on Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulation models. While the obtained results are usually very reliable and accurate, the massive use of such models for control design require a large amount of time due to their computational complexity and scarce flexibility. In addition, CFD models are usually quite sensitive to any kind of change to the operating conditions, e.g. when varying the considered load balancing algorithm. In this paper, we propose a modelling and simulation framework suited for control design, that is able to simulate both heating and energy phenomena, and different load balancing strategies in a data centre. The purpose of this work is to provide a tool to perform energy-efficiency targeted studies, providing accurate and reliable results.
Digital Twins (DTs for short) are a powerful aid for creating, assessing and maintaining control strategies. This use of DTs however requires that the physical entities to control be described at different levels of d...
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Digital Twins (DTs for short) are a powerful aid for creating, assessing and maintaining control strategies. This use of DTs however requires that the physical entities to control be described at different levels of detail. For example, simple I/O models are used to compute parameters of modulating controllers, more time-accurate ones may be required to set up and assess logic controls, high-accuracy, possibly nonlinear ones may serve for overall strategy verification, and for software-in-the-loop testing, also the host computing/network architecture needs representing. In such a complex scenario, guaranteeing that all the descriptions of all elements are consistent with one another is a relevant problem. We discuss this matter and propose a solution, in the form of a modelling paradigm where as a novel contributions relationships (in a sense analogous to what the term means in database theory) can be instated and enforced. This allows to create and maintain knowledge based made of interrelate data and models, embracing all the major DT interpretations proposed so far in the literature, or said more explicitly, combining data-driven and model-driven DTs in a single framework. We also provide an illustrative example. Copyright (C) 2021 The Authors.
The Industry 4.0 is pushing a fast evolution in all manufacturing operations under heterogeneous aspects. Maintenance, in all its numerous declinations along the life cycle of a production asset, is no exception. A my...
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The Industry 4.0 is pushing a fast evolution in all manufacturing operations under heterogeneous aspects. Maintenance, in all its numerous declinations along the life cycle of a production asset, is no exception. A myriad of decisions need taking-often on short time horizons, involving different physical and technological domains, and with limited knowledge available. A myriad of data sources need exploiting and interpreting-often poorly structured, requiring reconciliation, and affected by uncertainty. A lot of tools are therefore used-each one conceived for a specific purpose, often leveraging knowledge drawn from different cultures, and dealing with production assets' models that are hard to integrate with one another. We conjecture that the OOMS (object-oriented modelling and simulation) paradigm can help address such a tough scenario. In this paper we structure and motivate the statement just made, provide high-level supporting examples, and outline future work as for both research and technology. Copyright (C) 2020 The Authors.
In Smart Manufacturing, the Internet of Things technology brings about new possibilities as for the interaction of Cyber-Physical Systems with their virtual models in Industry 4.0 jargon, Digital Twins. Besides tradit...
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In Smart Manufacturing, the Internet of Things technology brings about new possibilities as for the interaction of Cyber-Physical Systems with their virtual models in Industry 4.0 jargon, Digital Twins. Besides traditional roles in engineering and control design, Digital Twins cab play innovative ones by evolving together with their cyber-physical counterpart: predictive maintenance, fault detection, or fast training of data-based decision aid tools. In this paper we focus on the relevance of dynamic models in this scenario, particularly as for the co-existence of continuous-time and discrete-event models wherever control and planning are involved. We argue that in such cases, models with analysis-specific levels of detail have to co-exist, interact and maintain mutual consistency. We propose a modelling approach to address the problem, and present a supporting example based on an object-orientedmodelling language. Copyright (C) 2020 The Authors.
The paper deals with the model based systems engineering (MBSE) approach, focused on the designing process of propulsion systems for road electric vehicles. In particular, the paper adopts multidomain modelling, in ac...
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The paper deals with the model based systems engineering (MBSE) approach, focused on the designing process of propulsion systems for road electric vehicles. In particular, the paper adopts multidomain modelling, in accordance with a top-down approach. The process, in fact, starts from the main requirement analysis of the road electric vehicle which is considered as reference. Then, a wide range of parameters, related to the characteristics of propulsion system components and resistance forces, are evaluated to build a parametric model of the propulsion system running on a road. In this way, a procedure for the evaluation of vehicle performance is accomplished within the developed simulation environment. Therefore, the procedure allows all the requirements to be satisfied, under different operative conditions, through an iterative procedure of verification for the imposed parameters. The tested operative conditions are represented in this paper by standard driving cycles, expressed in terms of vehicle speed and autonomy requirement.
We present a model library conceived to design and assess critical components of big data frameworks, with a control-centric approach. The library adopts the object-oriented paradigm, using the Modelica language. Cont...
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We present a model library conceived to design and assess critical components of big data frameworks, with a control-centric approach. The library adopts the object-oriented paradigm, using the Modelica language. Continuous-time and algorithmic models can be mixed, allowing to represent control code with high fidelity, and to reduce the simulation effort to the minimum required. We discuss the used modelling principles, describe the library, and show some design examples. (C) 2017, IFAC (International Federation of Automatic Control) Hosting by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
This paper presents a library of (PID) controller models adopting the object-oriented approach, and written in Modelica. Peculiar to this work is that controllers are represented both as dynamic continuous-time and di...
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This paper presents a library of (PID) controller models adopting the object-oriented approach, and written in Modelica. Peculiar to this work is that controllers are represented both as dynamic continuous-time and digital models, achieving consistence between the two and accounting for the functionalities of typical industrial implementations. This allows the designer to use realistic controllers, maintaining the possibility of choosing the continuous-time or digital (event based) representation. The former allows for example for variable-step simulation, to the advantage of efficiency, while the latter represents very realistically the actual control system's operation, clearly at the cost of more simulation time. Beside standard PI and PID controls, in this work also autotuning is (initially) considered, and some application examples are reported to show how the presented library can ease system studies involving (PID) controls.
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