Bridging the Gap between Real and Simulated Environments: A Hybrid Agent-Based Smart Home Simulator Architecture for Complex Systems

Oihane Kamara-Esteban, Gorka Sorrosal, Ander Pijoan, Tony Castillo-Calzadilla, Xabiar Iriarte-Lopez, Ana M. Macarulla-Arenaza, Cristina Martin, Ainhoa Alonso-Vicario, Cruz E. Borges
2016 2016 Intl IEEE Conferences on Ubiquitous Intelligence & Computing, Advanced and Trusted Computing, Scalable Computing and Communications, Cloud and Big Data Computing, Internet of People, and Smart World Congress (UIC/ATC/ScalCom/CBDCom/IoP/SmartWorld)  
Deployment and maintenance of Smart Homes and Smart Grids in real environments is an expensive and lengthy process. In this paradigm, simulations play an important role by providing means of emulating the behaviour of the aforementioned systems. However, these simulations may suffer from lack of accuracy due to the inability to properly reproduce the operation of complex technologies such as solar panels, Heating, Ventilating and Air Conditioning systems (HVAC), sewerage networks or water
more » ... ioning. Within this context, this paper presents a Smart-Home Simulation architecture that is able to carry out more representational simulations by merging agent-based simulation of human behaviour with real-world modelling capabilities such as those provided by the Simulink software. Based on the simulation of human behaviour, water and electricity consumption profiles are generated and sent to Simulink models using the TCP/IP communication protocol. The obtained results show that a synchronized connection of both platforms is feasible, enabling a more accurate representation of the systems involved.
doi:10.1109/uic-atc-scalcom-cbdcom-iop-smartworld.2016.0052 dblp:conf/uic/EstebanSPCIMMAB16 fatcat:wlozvuggvndx3o2dwnxcqchk7a