ModeliHub: A Web-based, Federated Analytics Platform for Modelica-centric, Model-based Systems Engineering

TL;DR

ModeliHub is a web-based platform that enables federated, Modelica-centric systems engineering with real-time simulation and a unified model repository, facilitating seamless integration across engineering domains.

Contribution

It introduces a novel federated architecture and a Modelica-based virtual twin engine for interactive, real-time system simulation in a web environment.

Findings

Provides a unified system model of heterogeneous artifacts

Enables real-time, interactive Modelica simulations

Supports seamless cross-platform deployment

Abstract

This paper introduces ModeliHub, a Web-based, federated analytics platform designed specifically for model-based systems engineering with Modelica. ModeliHub's key innovation lies in its Modelica-centric, hub-and-spoke federation architecture that provides systems engineers with a Modelica-based, unified system model of repositories containing heterogeneous engineering artifacts. From this unified system model, ModeliHub's Virtual Twin engine provides a real-time, interactive simulation environment for deploying Modelica simulation models that represent digital twins of the virtual prototype of the system under development at a particular iteration of the iterative systems engineering life cycle. The implementation of ModeliHub is centered around its extensible, Modelica compiler frontend developed in Isomorphic TypeScript that can run seamlessly across browser, desktop and server environments. This architecture aims to strike a balance between rigor and agility, enabling seamless integration and analysis across various engineering domains.