Against the background of increasing plant complexity and growing automation, virtual
commissioning (VC) has emerged as a suitable way of testing control algorithms. Here, a …

Manufacturing systems are frequently required to adapt to changes. To support these, a
standardized, semantic exchange of information between all components of the system is …

OPC UA is one of the most prominent candidates for a middleware in future CPS scenarios.
It provides many concepts which makes it very useful to address challenges in the area of …

The heterogeneity and dynamic of IoT-systems pose new challenges for their simulation,
which can be met by a modular co-simulation. Therefore several existing co-simulation …

The digitalization of processes is one of the currently dominating topics and missions in both
industrial production and scientific research. In biotechnology, these efforts have enormous …

This paper demonstrates the integration of OPC Unified Architecture (OPC UA)
communication capabilities in a simulation framework. The proposed approach is based on …

This paper describes a collaborative digital twin approach for equipment dimensioning and
selection in industrial process plants. Dynamic process simulator (Apros) was used to model …

This work describes the development of a teaching strategy to leverage current simulation
tools and promote learning of industrial automation systems. Specifically, Programmable …

With the rising amount of networked devices in industrial, edge, fog and IoT applications,
gathering, managing and presenting data from a multitude of distributed sources is an …

The digitalization of processes is one of the currently dominating topics and missions in both
industrial production and scientific research. In biotechnology, these efforts have enormous …