Evaluating the simulation times and mass balance errors of component-based models: An application of OpenMI 2.0 to an urban stormwater system
Document Type
Article
Journal/Book Title/Conference
Environmental Modeling & Software
Volume
72
Publication Date
10-1-2015
First Page
92
Last Page
109
Abstract
In making the decision whether to use component-based modeling, its benefits must be balanced against computational costs. Studies evaluating these costs using the Open Modeling Interface (OpenMI) have largely used models with simplified formulations, small spatial and temporal domains, or a limited number of components. We evaluate these costs by applying OpenMI to a relatively complex Stormwater Management Model (SWMM) for the City of Logan, Utah, USA. Configurations of coupled OpenMI components resulting from decomposing the stormwater model by process (i.e., runoff coupled to routing) and then by space (i.e., groups of catchments coupled together) were compared to a reference model executed in the standard SWMM configuration. Simulation times increased linearly with the number of connections between components, and mass balance error was a function of the degree to which a component resolved time series data received. This study also examines and proposes some strategies to address these computational costs.
Recommended Citation
Buahin, Caleb A. and Horsburgh, Jeffery S., "Evaluating the simulation times and mass balance errors of component-based models: An application of OpenMI 2.0 to an urban stormwater system" (2015). Civil and Environmental Engineering Faculty Publications. Paper 1183.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cee_facpub/1183
