Software and Communications Platform for Simulation Environment of Complex Energy System (SimCES)

Modular-integrative modeling: a new framework for building brain models that blend biological realism and functional performance

“…Inspired by modular simulation frameworks utilized in other scientific domains (e.g. [ 11 ]), this approach uses containerization technologies to encapsulate each component as a module in an isolated environment. Modularization helps to avoid dependency issues and allows each component to employ numerical methods that operate under their optimal conditions without interfering with other components.…”

“…This communication method provides loose coupling between components as they do not need to know about the existence of a particular component realization, but only about the topics they are interested in. This ensures that individual components can be updated, modified or replaced without needing extensive changes to the broader system [ 11 ]. Additionally, a publish-subscribe pattern allows integration of information generated by a subset of components into a global signal that individual components may, in turn, subscribe to in order to modulate their internal state.…”

“…The simulation coordinator signals the start of cycles, ensuring synchronization between components. Importantly, while there is a fixed global simulation time step, each component can have its own internal time step based on its numerical method’s stability and accuracy requirements [ 11 ]. The simulation coordinator also coordinates the overall set-up of the simulation, including the specification of initial conditions and simulation duration as well as of the timing, duration and magnitude of external inputs.…”