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With the rise of internet-connected devices a novel approach for application testing and validation is required. This paper explores the possibility to test hyper-scale Internet of Things environments using state-of-the-art simulation techniques. More specifically, a Software In The Loop simulation (SIL) method is introduced which enables the interaction between virtual simulated models and actual real-life Internet of Things devices. Furthermore, we present Acsim, a custom hyper scalable and distributed agent-based simulation framework to test and validate Internet Of Things applications. Finally, a use-case developed in the Acsim framework is presented to demonstrate both the SIL and hyper-scalable capabilities.
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Bosmans, S., Mercelis, S., Ceulemans, M., Denil, J., Hellinckx, P. (2018). Acsim: Towards Hyper-scalable Internet of Things Simulation. In: Xhafa, F., Caballé, S., Barolli, L. (eds) Advances on P2P, Parallel, Grid, Cloud and Internet Computing. 3PGCIC 2017. Lecture Notes on Data Engineering and Communications Technologies, vol 13. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69835-9_70
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