The MODRIO M&S-based engineering approach applied to a Backup Power Supply (BPS)

This paper illustrates the modelling and simulation (M&S) based engineering approach developed in the framework of ITEA2 project MODRIO to the case of a Backup Power Supply. This system integrates physical and human aspects with computer-based controls, and is therefore a so-called socio-cyber-physical systems (SCPS). This system is relatively simple in terms of physics but is a realistic example of a reactive hybrid system, illustrating the modelling of control logic and timing issues, and the use of discrete time domains. The MODRIO approach is presented in more details in [8].