On-demand Simulation of Future Mobility Based on Apache Kafka

Gütlein M, Djanatliev A (2022)


Publication Type: Conference contribution

Publication year: 2022

Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH

Book Volume: 306

Pages Range: 18-41

Conference Proceedings Title: Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems

Event location: Virtual

ISBN: 9783030848101

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-84811-8_2

Abstract

The modeling and simulation community can benefit from building and running (co-)simulation models on-demand. In order to drive innovation further, it should be easy to set up, orchestrate, and execute simulations – even for researchers with no background in computer science. Additionally, open interfaces should be the default to enable a variety of applications. The possibility to connect external components smoothly with a simulation run allows for elaborate experiments. In this work, the details of the architecture and design of a simulation platform enabling evaluations of future mobility scenarios are presented. While the explanations are based on mobility applications, the concept can be generalized and applied to other domains. The novelty lies in the use of a big data stream processing platform called Apache Kafka. All kinds of required communication are handled by the Kafka middleware. Even the coupling of different simulators is realized on top of it. As a foundation, existing works regarding Modeling and Simulation as a Service are presented. The approach is then described by its architecture, its interfaces, and the life-cycle of a simulation run. Further information is given on the distribution of simulations and the topic-based clock synchronization mechanism. A performance evaluation shows that the approach is on one level with state-of-the art co-simulation middlewares.

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APA:

Gütlein, M., & Djanatliev, A. (2022). On-demand Simulation of Future Mobility Based on Apache Kafka. In Mohammad S. Obaidat, Tuncer Oren, Floriano De Rango (Eds.), Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems (pp. 18-41). Virtual: Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH.

MLA:

Gütlein, Moritz, and Anatoli Djanatliev. "On-demand Simulation of Future Mobility Based on Apache Kafka." Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Simulation and Modeling Methodologies, Technologies and Applications, SIMULTECH 2020, Virtual Ed. Mohammad S. Obaidat, Tuncer Oren, Floriano De Rango, Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2022. 18-41.

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