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Connecting complex simulations to the internetan example from the rolling mill industry

2003; Elsevier BV; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/s1570-7946(03)80229-8

2543-1331

Stephan Roth, Hans Ulrich Löffler, Günter Wozny,

Simulation Techniques and Applications

A simulation service for the steel industry laid out as a web application will be presented here. The software architecture and the concepts behind that program may serve as an example for other industrial applications accessible for a broader clinetele. Making an application available through the internet moves the focus of the users from in-house specialists to clients and also opens a door to a world of plenty: inter-connectability, cooperation with other tools and even e-business to name but a few. This article shows how a formerly stand-alone software simulation tool was extended by an internet client and an interface without expensive middleware software. Also the intense cost of large implementation teams can be saved. The software Hybrex® WEB presented in this article shows how this can be done by using standards like Jave servlets, Java beans and CORBA/RMI. Hybrex® WEB was developed by Siemens AG, I&S IP PEP in close cooperation with the Technical University of Berlin, Institute for Process Dynamics and Control. The software design and the current implementation are shown below. The interoperability of the software can be proven exemplarily by an intelligent agent system using Hybrex® WEB as simulation service. A general way how to evolve stand alone applications into web solutions is presented. In the conclusion a short glance at future enhancements and current developments like the XML interface will be given.