DISTRIBUTED SIMULATION AND SYNCHRONIZATION
First Claim
1. A distributed simulation system, comprising:
- a simulation component that models two or more components of an industrial control system;
a coordination component that synchronizes output and simulation of the two or more components.
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Abstract
System(s) and method(s) facilitate a distributed simulation of an industrial control system. A model of the industrial control system is generated and computing resources are scheduled for simulating portions of a simulation according to the model. Computing resources are scheduled to mitigate computational bottlenecks in the simulation and synchronize portions of the simulation deployed in disparate computing resources. Sub-processes of a control process can be simulated in dedicated computing resources as a part of a distributed simulation of the control process. Execution time of one or more portions of a distributed simulation can be increased or slowed down to synchronize said portions.
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20 Claims
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1. A distributed simulation system, comprising:
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a simulation component that models two or more components of an industrial control system; a coordination component that synchronizes output and simulation of the two or more components. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for simulating an industrial control system, the method comprising:
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receiving a plurality of conditions relating one or more devices to one or more controllers; distributing a simulation of a behavior of the one or more devices or the one or more controllers among a plurality of computing resources; and synchronizing two or more portions of the distributed simulation of the behavior of the one or more devices or the one or more controllers. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. An apparatus that operates in an industrial environment, the apparatus comprising:
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means for accessing two or more computational resources for simulating a component in an automated control system; means for deploying a simulation of the component in the automated control system on the two or more computational resources; and means for synchronizing two or more portions of the deployed simulation of the component in the automated control system.
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20. A computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by one or more processors, cause a computer to carry out the following computer-implemented acts:
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generating a computational model of a plurality of components in an industrial automation system; distributing a simulation of a behavior of the plurality of components in an industrial automation system onto a set of computing resources; coordinating two or more portions of the distributed simulation of the behavior of a plurality of components in an industrial automation system.
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