1. Proceedings
  2. I3M
  3. 2023
  4. MAS
  5. 10.46354/i3m.2023.mas.010

A Framework for the Simulation-Based Selection of Social Models for Socio-Technical Models of Infrastructures Using Technical Requirements Analysis 

  • a Bernhard Jonathan Sattler ,
  • b Jannik Stadler, 
  • c Andrea Tundis, 
  • d John Friesen, 
  • e Peter F. Pelz 
  • a,b,c  Institute for the Protection of Terrestrial Infrastructures, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Rathausallee 12, Sankt Augustin, 53757, Germany 
  • d Chair of Fluid Systems, Technical University of Darmstadt, Otto-Berndt-Str. 2, Darmstadt, 64287, Germany
Cite as
Sattler, B.J., Stadler, J., Friesen, J., Tundis, A., Pelz, P.F. (2023). A Framework for the Simulation-Based Selection of Socio-Technical Models Using Technical Requirements Analysis. Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Modeling & Applied Simulation (MAS 2023).,010. DOI: https://doi.org/10.46354/i3m.2023.mas.010

Abstract

Urbanization increases the importance of urban infrastructures, with computer models and simulation being important tools for their planning and management. Human factors are increasingly included into infrastructure models, creating socio-technical models. This paper proposes a novel framework for selecting these social (sub-)models. For this, requirements analysis of the technical system is 
used to identify critical physical parameters. The impact of different assumptions in the social model on the critical physical parameters are determined using simulation and hypothesis testing. This impact is used to determine the relevance of the differing assumptions and to select the right social model. Finally, a preliminary case study of the water distribution system of Darmstadt, Germany, is used to show the efficacy of the framework by comparing two water demand models. The results of the case study show, that the framework can be used to quantify the relevant system behavior and test the significance of model assumptions. 

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