Object oriented design and implementation of a web based distributed simulation and control system

Abstract

In this study we have presented an object oriented design and implementation of a web based distributed simulation and control for real time systems. We have developed a system, which enables both controlling and simulating of any given manufacturing environment at any scale, from anywhere in the world via internet in an asynchronous manner. All the manufacturing components in a factory, or the manufacturing environment as a whole, can be represented with the help of the system's virtual manufacturing component objects in a highly customizable form. The proposed architecture has the ability to minimize the execution load of a complex simulation by distributing the simulation to many physical computers, and can simulate third-party simulator objects designed according to the system standard when looked at the system simulation perspective. And when looked from the control perspective, one will see that the proposed system enables the control of any manufacturing machine of a factory from any source, which can either be the web based clients, or a third-party enterprise-wide software running anywhere.