Learn Modelica and FMI Newsletter and FMI 3.0 Cheat Sheet
Learn Modelica and FMI over your break and FMI 3.0 and FMPy Cheat Sheet by Clément Coïc
FMI Related Publications
16th International Modelica and FMI Conference 2025, Lucerne, Switzerland
Conference App:
All papers and many presentations are publicly available in the Conference App.
Tutorials:
- FMI Beginners Tutorial - Exporting, Simulating, and Co-Simulating FMUs (Material available on GitHub), Recording
- Exporting and importing an FMU using C code (Material available on GitHub)
- CasADi tutorial on dynamic optimization with FMI 3.0 Model Exchange (Material available on GitHub)
- FMUGym: From Uncertainty-Aware Simulation to Learning-Based Control with FMI and Python (Slides)
- Tutorial on FMI3 co-simulation with UniFMU (Slides)
Industrial User Presentations:
- Airbus: FMI Standard and Airbus Needs, Usages and Expectations, Recording
- Bosch, AVL, ProSTEP: Integration of systems engineering and simulation based onstandards: The needs, challenges and solutions from anindustrial perspective
- Bosch, DLR: Optimization with FMI and CasADi: Analysis in IndustrialApplications
- Bosch, Dassault Systems, eXXcellent, ProSTEP: Towards a Credible System Simulation Architecture applicable to Heat Pump Systems using Modelica, FMI and SSP
- Bosch, Dassault Systems, eXXcellent, PMSF, ProSTEP: Traceability and Support of Modeling & Simulation usingSSP-Traceability Layered Standard
- Dassault Aviation Bridging the gap between System Engineering and Simulation,applied to collaborative design of Aircraft Systems
- DENSO, BMW: MBSE using SSP and SysML for Collaborative Development: AnOpen-source ADAS Use Case
- DENSO, PMSF: Transmission Control Unit Use Case for Virtual ECUs andSSP-based Collaborative Development
- DNV: Accuracy and assurance of co-simulations in marine lifting operations
- Renault: Optimizing Assemblies of FMUs
- Saab Aeronatics: OpenSCALING: A Saab Aeronautics Perspective
- Toshiba, JAMBE, JSAE, 3V-SG: Cross-Company Collaborative Model-Based Development usingFMI3.0 and SSP2.0
FMI related conference papers (Proceedings):
- Prototypical Control for the Digital Twin of Aircraft Environmental Control System, Recording
- Aspects and Ideas for the FMI-based Modeling of Railway Digital Twins, Recording
- Collaborative Digital Twin Development for Railway Braking and Traction Applications
- Validation of Dynamic Simulation Models using Metamorphic Testing and Given-When-Then Patterns
- Integration of Physical and AI Models Using Open and Interoperable Standards: A Model-Based Methodology for Autonomous Robot Development
- Modelica FMI based hybrid reinforcement learning enhanced trajectory planning for an ADR scenario for combined control of a satellite with a 7-axis robotic arm using Modelica/FMI
- Yet Another Residential District Simulator: yards for Controller Development in the Residential Built Environment
- Facilitating the use of Physics-Based Simulations on Embedded Devices by running FMUs from MicroPython
- FMI Meets SystemC: A Framework for Cross-Tool Virtual Prototyping
- Hybrid Simulation Models for Embedded Applications: A Modelica and eFMI approach
- A Study on Vehicle Suspension Loads Prediction Method Based on Hybrid Road Simulation using Modelica Library and FMI
- Br(e)aking the Boundaries of Physical Simulation Models: Neural Functional Mock-up Units for Modeling the Automotive Braking System
- VDCWorkbench: A Vehicle Dynamics Control Test & Evaluation Library for Model and AI-based Control Approaches
- Simulation of Embodied Cyber Physical System Based on Modelica/MWORKS: A Case Study of Intelligent Unmanned Surface Vessel
- Master controller for offshore wind power and hybrid grids
- Liaison: an open-source tool for distributed co-simulations, Recording
- A Tool for the Implementation of Open Neural Network Exchange Models in Functional Mockup Units, Recording
- Input Smoothing for Faster Co-Simulation using FMI, Recording
- Comparing the Predictive Event Handling Algorithm LookAhead to Rollback and Early Return, Recording
- Towards a Common Standard for Uncertainty Quantification
- LS-SA: Developing an FMI layered standard for holistic & efficient sensitivity analysis of FMUs
- FMI Layered Standard for Network Communication: Applications in Networked ECU Development
- An innovative heterogeneous modeling approach to build a cooling system for battery thermal management with common fluid properties involving FMI terminals, Recording
- Enhancing Large-Scale Power Systems Simulations through Functional Mockup Unit-based Grid-Forming Inverter Models, Recording
- The Fundamental Modeling Practices and Specifications to support the Preservation and Reuse of Analytical Simulations
- Integration of Geometric Tolerance Analysis in System Simulations via Functional Mock-up Units
- Shared sea-environment definition and realization for maritime and offshore co-simulations, Recording
- Decreasing Risk in the Design of Large Coupled Systems via Co-Simulation-Based Optimization and Adaptive Stress Testing, Recording
- Modelica driven development of the thermal management control system for a zero emission yacht
- Integrating a Seasonal Thermal Energy Storage FMU in a MATLAB/Simscape Thermal Source Network Model
ASAM International Conference 2024
- The functional mock-up interface (FMI), layered standards and ASAM standards - Enabling seamless SiL simulation of V-ECUs (Slides)(Video)
Colloquium for Martin Otter June 28 2024 - 25 years chairing the Modelica Association
15th International Modelica Conference 2023
Tutorials:
- FMI Beginners Tutorial (Material)
- Simulation-based optimization with CasADi and FMI (Material)
- eFMI Tutorial (Material and Video)
FMI User meeting (Agenda):
- Status and outlook FMI Standard
- Status and outlook SSP Standard
- Building Blocks for Simulation based Cooperation between Partners
- Linking Design Requirements to FMUs to create LOTAR compliant mBSE models
- Status and Outlook eFMI Standard
FMI related conference papers (Proceedings):
- Modelica Association Standards and Surrogate Modeling to Enable Multi-Fidelity Simulations
- Paving the way for Hybrid Twins using Neural Functional Mock-Up Units
- ThermalSystemsControlLibrary: A Modelica Library for Developing Control Strategies of Industrial Energy Systems
- Import and Export of Functional Mockup Units in CasADi
- Beyond FMI - Towards New Applications with Layered Standards
- The Common Requirement Modeling Language
- Bodylight.js 2.0 - Web components for FMU simulation, visualisation and animation in standard web browser
- A preCICE-FMI Runner to Couple FMUs to PDE-Based Simulations
- Secure Exchange of Black-Box Simulation Models using FMI in the Industrial Context
- 5th Generation District Heating and Cooling Modelica Models for Prosumer Interaction Analysis
14th International Modelica Conference 2021
FMI User meeting (Agenda):
- Initial Steps in Deploying and Calibrating Power System Models on a Synchrophasor Data Cloud Platform using FMI (Video)
- FMI-based simulation workflows based on open source and commercial tools (Video)
- Open Simulation Platform - Towards a maritime ecosystem for efficient co-simulation (Video)
- FMI3 development (status, roadmap, layered standards) (Video)
- Demo of FMI3 support in tool prototypes (Video)
- Use of SSP, FMI and OSI for Simulation-based Testing of an Automated Vehicle (Video)
- Model-based development of a traction control unit with SSP and FMI (Video)
- SSP Traceability Demonstrator (Video)
- Status and Outlook DCP Standard (Video)
- Status and Outlook eFMI Standard (Video)
FMI related conference papers:
- The Functional Mock-up Interface 3.0 - New Features Enabling New Applications (Video) (Slides)
- The FMI 3.0 Standard Interface for Clocked and Scheduled Simulations (Video)
- Engineering Domain Interoperability Using the System Structure and Parameterization (SSP) Standard (Video)
- Modelica, FMI and SSP for LOTAR of Analytical mBSE models: First Implementation and Feedback (Video)
- eFMI: An open standard for physical models in embedded software (Video)
- The Potential of FMI for the Development of Digital Twins for Large Modular Multi-Domain Systems
- Seismic Hybrid Testing using FMI-based Co-Simulation
- NeuralFMU: Towards Structural Integration of FMUs into Neural Networks (Video)
- Sensitivity Analysis of a Car Shock Absorber Through a Functional Mock-up Units-Based Modelling Strategy
- Software Architecture and Implementation of Modelica Buildings Library Coupling for Spawn of EnergyPlus
- A Cloud-native Implementation of the Simulation as a Service-Concept Based on FMI (Video)
- A Graph-Based Meta-Data Model for DevOps in Simulation-Driven Development and Generation of DCP Configurations
- Portable runtime environments for Python-based FMUs: Adding Docker support to UniFMU
- A Portable and Secure Package Format for Executable Simulation Modules based on WebAssembly
- Parallel Fast: An Efficient Coupling Approach for Co-Simulation with Different Coupling Step Sizes (Video)
- Accurate Robot Simulation for Industrial Manufacturing Processes using FMI and DCP Standards (Video)
- Optimizing life-cycle costs for pumps and powertrains using FMI co-simulation (Video)
Tutorial:
Keynotes
- Composing Modeling and Simulation with Machine Learning in Julia (Video)
Asian Modelica Conference 2020
- Introducing the Virtual Systems Interface for Dynamic Coupling of Continuous Time Systems with Discontinuities
- Collaborative Development and Simulation of an Aircraft Hydraulic Actuator Model
- A Protocol-Based Verification Approach for Standard-Compliant Distributed Co-Simulation
2nd American Modelica Conference 2020
- Hierarchical Multi-Level Electric Power System Simulation withSmart Photovoltaic Systems using the Functional Mock-upInterface on the Lawrencium Computing Cluster
- Parameter Estimation of User-Defined Control System Models for Itaipú Power Plant using Modelica and OpenIPSL
- Application of Model-Based Testing to Dynamic Conformance Evaluation of Functional Mockup Units
- Traceability in the Model-based Design of Cyber-Physical Systems
- Parameter Estimation Methods for Fault Diagnosis using Modelica and FMI
- Nonlinear State Estimation with FMI: Tutorial and Applications
13th International Modelica Conference 2019
FMI User meeting (Agenda):
- Overview of the FMI, DCP and SSP standards
- Usage of FMI at Bosch - status and outlook
- Co-Simulation scenarios in industrial production plants
- Enhancing the Model Integration Workflow in Aircraft System Simulation using FMI & SSP
FMI related conference papers:
- OMSimulator - Integrated FMI and TLM-based Co-simulation with Composite Model Editing and SSP
- FMU-proxy: A Framework for Distributed Access to Functional Mock-up Units
- Standardized Integration of Real-Time and Non-Real-Time Systems: The Distributed Co-Simulation Protocol
- Non Linear Dimension Reduction of Dynamic Model Outputs
- Relative Consistency and Robust Stability Measures for Sequential Co-simulatio
- Energy balance based Verification for Model Based Development
- A virtual test-bed for building Model Predictive Control developments
- BIM2Modelica - An open source toolchain for generating and simulating thermal multi-zone building models by using structured data from BIM models
- Dynamic Simulation of Residential Buildings Supporting the Development of Flexible Control in District Heating Systems
- An Extended Luenberger Observer for HVAC Application using FMI
- Model visualization for e-learning, Kidney simulator for medical students
- Enhanced Motion Control of a Self-Driving Vehicle Using Modelica, FMI and ROS
- Adaptive Step Size Control for Hybrid CT Simulation without Rollback
- Co-Simulation Through Exchange of Time-Series Data Applied to an Energy System Model and Detailed Ground Heat Exchanger Model
- The WaterHub Modules: Material and Energy Flow Analysis of Domestic Hot Water Systems
- OMJulia: An OpenModelica API for Julia-Modelica Interaction
- Integration and Analysis of EPAS and Chassis System in FMI-based co-simulation
- Hierarchical Coupling Approach Utilizing Multi-Objective Optimization for Non-Iterative Co-Simulation
American Modelica Conference 2018
FMI related conference papers (link to proceedings):
- ModestPy: An Open-Source Python Tool for Parameter Estimation in Functional Mock-up Units
- A Safe Regression Test Selection Technique for Modelica
- Functional Mockup Interface: An Empirical Survey Identifies Research Challenges and Current Barriers
- A Method to Import FMU to Hardware Description Language
- The OpenModelica Integrated Modeling, Simulation and Optimization Environment
Japanese Modelica Conference 2018
Keynote: 10 Years of FMI: Where are we now, where do we go?
FMI related conference papers (link to proceedings):
- Combustion Engine Mechanism Analyses Using Simulation
- Hyundai framework for vehicle dynamics engineering based on Modelica and FMI
- Automated Test of CVT Control Software, using FMI and Modelica Model
- Gas Compressor System Simulation using Functional Mockup Interface for Human Machine Interface and Control
- Application for Optimization of Control Parameters for Multi-body and Hydraulics System by using FMU
- Toward the actual model exchange using FMI in practical use cases in Japanese automotive industry
- Managing Heterogeneous Simulations Using Architecture-Driven Design
- Simulation of high-index DAEs and ODEs with constraints in FMI
- Generating FMUs for the Feature-Based Language Bloqqi
- A Web Architecture for Modeling and Simulation
- Multibody simulation and control of kinematic systems with FMI/FMU
12th International Modelica Conference 2017
FMI User meeting (Agenda):
- Overview of FMI Project
- FMI is great but not magic
- Requirements for using FMI/ SSP for Development of Autonomous Driving
- Verification of model connection by FMI using acausalmodeling tools
- ROboMObil HIL Simulator using FMI technology
- The INTO-CPS Co-Simulation Orchestration Engine –Experiences with FMI 2.0 and proposed extensions
- ACOSAR –Advanced Co-Simulation Open System Architecture
- MA-Project System Structure and Parameterization – Current Status and Plans
FMI related conference papers:
- Improving Interoperability of FMI-supporting Tools with Reference FMUs
- The Embedded Simulation via FMI and its Application to the Simulation of Lifetime Tests Including Wear
- Integration Modelica with Digital Mockup Tool using the FMI
- FMI Go! A simulation runtime environment with a client server architecture over multiple protocols
- Building Parallel FMUs (or Matryoshka Co-Simulations)
- Scaling FMI-CS Based Multi-Simulation Beyond Thousand FMUs on Infiniband Cluster
- Development of an open source multi-platform software tool for parameter estimation studies in FMI models
- Co-Simulation between detailed building energy performance simulation and Modelica HVAC component models
- Aspects of FMI in Building Simulation
- Application of Richardson Extrapolation to the Co-Simulation of FMUs from Building Simulation
- From system model to optimal control - A tool chain for the efficient solution of optimal control problems
- Nonlinear Model Predictive Control of a Thermal Management System for Electrified Vehicles using FMI
- Towards Virtual Validation of ECU Software using FMI
- Parameter Estimation based on FMI
- Generic FMI-compliant Simulation Tool Coupling
- FMI and IP protection of models: A survey of use cases and support in the standard
- Model-based virtual sensors by means of Modelica and FMI
- Towards Adjoint and Directional Derivatives in FMI utilizing ADOL-C within OpenModelica
- Discrete-time models for control applications with FMI
- Towards Medical Cyber-Physical Systems: Modelica and FMI based Online Parameter Identification of the Cardiovascular System
- Virtual flight testing of a controller for gust load alleviation using FMI for cosimulation
11th International Modelica Conference 2015
Other FMI related conference papers:
- Experience with Industrial In-House Application of FMI
- A Novel Proposal on how to Parameterize Models in Dymola Utilizing External Files under Consideration of a Subsequent Model Export using the Functional Mock-Up Interface
- Design Choices for Thermofluid Flow Components and Systems that are Exported as Functional Mockup Units
- FMI for Physical Models on Automotive Embedded Targets
- Co-Simulation of Hybrid Systems with SpaceEx and Uppaal
- Automated Deployment of Modelica Models in Excel via Functional Mockup Interface and Integration with modeFRONTIER
- An Open-Source Graphical Composite Modeling Editor and Simulation Tool Based on FMI and TLM Co-Simulation
- The Modelica Language and the FMI Standard for Modeling and Simulation of Smart Grids
- Initiatives for Acausal Model Connection using FMI in JSAE (Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan)
- Using FMI in a Cloud-based Web Application for System Simulation
- Test of Basic Co-Simulation Algorithms Using FMI
- Tools Coupling Model Exchange FMUs for Aggregated Simulation by Open Source Tools
10th International Modelica Conference 2014
Tutorial: Functional Mockup Interface 2.0 and HiL Applications (16 presentations from FMI design group members, OEMs, suppliers, and tool vendors)
Other FMI related conference papers:
- The Functional Mockup Interface - seen from an industrial perspective
- An FMI-Based Tool for Robust Design of Dynamical Systems
- Simulating Rhapsody SysML Blocks in Hybrid Models with FMI
- Nonlinear State Estimation with an Extended FMI 2.0 Co-Simulation Interface
- Implementing stabilized co-simulation of strongly coupled systems using the Functional Mock-up Interface 2.0
- Context-based polynomial extrapolation and slackened synchronization for fast multi-core simulation using FMI
- Model-Based Integration Platform for FMI Co-Simulation and Heterogeneous Simulations of Cyber-Physical Systems
- Adapting Functional Mockup Units for HLA-compliant Distributed Simulation
- Coupling occupant behaviour with a building energy model - A FMI application
- Significant Reduction of Validation Efforts for Dynamic Light Functions with FMI for Multi-Domain Integration and Test Platform
- Virtual Integration for hybrid powertrain development, using FMI and Modelica models
- An FMI-based Framework for State and Parameter Estimation
- Extending JGrafchart with Support for FMI for Co-Simulation
- Consistent Simulation Environment with FMI based Tool Chain
9th International Modelica Conference 2012
- Functional Mock-up Interface 2.0: The Standard for Tool independent Exchange of Simulation Models
- Generation of Sparse Jacobians for the Function Mock-Up Interface 2.0
- Designing models for online use with Modelica and FMI
- Co-simulation with communication step size control in an FMI compatible master algorithm
- FMI implementation in LMS Virtual.Lab Motion and application to a vehicle dynamics case
- Generating Functional Mock-up Units from Software Specifications
- Functional Mock-up Interface in Mechatronic Gearshift Simulation for Commercial Vehicles
- Using Functional Mock-up Units for Nonlinear Model Predictive Control
- Integration of Modelica models into an existing simulation software using FMI for Co-Simulation
- FMI Add-on for NI VeriStand for HiL Simulation
EOOLT 2011
8th International Modelica Conference 2011
- The Functional Mock-up Interface for Tool independent Exchange of Simulation Models (PPT, PDF )
- Master for Co-Simulation Using FMI
- Import and Export of Functional Mock-up Units in JModelica.org
- Implementation of MODELISAR Functional Mock-up Interfaces in SimulationX
- Using the Functional Mock-up Interface as an Intermediate Format in AUTOSAR Software Component Development
- Combining Advantages of Specialized Simulation Tools and Modelica Models using Functional Mock-up Interface (FMI)
- Experiences with the new FMI Standard Selected Applications at Dresden University
- Nonlinear Observers based on the Functional Mock-up Interface with Applications to Electric Vehicles