MOSAIK 3.0: Combining Time-Stepped and Discrete Event Simulation

TL;DR

Mosaik 3.0 enhances co-simulation of cyber-physical energy systems by integrating time-stepped and discrete event simulation, addressing previous limitations and enabling more comprehensive system analysis.

Contribution

The paper introduces mosaik 3.0, a new version with improved event capabilities for combining continuous and discrete simulations in co-simulation frameworks.

Findings

Enhanced event handling in mosaik 3.0 improves simulation efficiency.

Supports complex co-simulation scenarios combining different modeling approaches.

Addresses limitations of previous mosaik versions in hybrid system simulation.

Abstract

Co-simulation is commonly used for the analysis of complex cyber-physical energy systems (CPES). Different domain-specific simulation tools and modeling approaches are used to simulate all or parts of the system. The co-simulation framework mosaik is a powerful tool to couple these simulation tools and models. This paper identifies the limitations of mosaik 2 for simulating systems that combine continuous and discrete behavior, and introduces the new version mosaik 3.0 with improved event capabilities to efficiently combine time-stepped and discrete event simulation. Here it is explained how these extensions and new features of mosaik can be applied and implemented for extended co-simulation scenarios.