Symbiotic Simulation System (S3) for Industry 4.0

Abstract

This chapter discusses symbiotic simulation system, a simulation system that is designed to support online short-term operations management decision. The prevalence of real-time data and the advances in Industry 4.0 technologies have made the real-world implementation of the vision of using simulation to support real-time decision making a reality. The main contributions of this chapter are to provide a review of similar concepts in simulation, to provide the architecture of symbiotic simulation system at the conceptual level, to classify the types of symbiotic simulation applications, and to highlights research challenges in symbiotic simulation.