Multi-layer cyber-physical systems simulation platform

A system for simulating cyber-physical systems using a multi-layer data structure, comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• memory storing one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs are configured to be executable by the one or more processors to cause the system to:
• receive, at the system, data representing infrastructure elements in a real-world environment, wherein the plurality of infrastructure elements represented in the data are associated with respective geographic metadata in the data;
• generate and store a plurality of geographic simulation layers representing the real-world environment, based on the received data;
• for each simulation layer of the plurality of simulation layers, generate and store data representing associations of each of a first plurality of infrastructure elements in the layer with each of a second plurality of infrastructure elements across two or more other simulation layers of the plurality of simulation layers, based on the geographic metadata associated with the first plurality of infrastructure elements and on the geographic metadata associated with the second plurality of infrastructure elements, wherein the generating and storing the data representing the associations comprises not associating a pair of infrastructure elements with one another if the geographic metadata respectively associated with each of the pair of infrastructure elements indicates that the pair of infrastructure elements are not within a predefined geographical distance of one another;
• execute a first multi-layer simulation based on the data representing the associations between the plurality of simulation layers;
• modifying the data representing the associations between the plurality of simulation layers;
• and
• execute a second multi-layer simulation, based on the modified data representing the associations between the plurality of simulation layers.

A system for simulating cyber-physical systems using a multi-layer data structure, comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• memory storing one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs are configured to be executable by the one or more processors to cause the system to:
• receive, at the system, data representing infrastructure elements in a real-world environment, wherein the plurality of infrastructure elements represented in the data are associated with respective geographic metadata in the data;
• generate and store a plurality of geographic simulation layers representing the real-world environment, based on the received data;
• for each simulation layer of the plurality of simulation layers, generate and store data representing associations of each of a first plurality of infrastructure elements in the layer with each of a second plurality of infrastructure elements across two or more other simulation layers of the plurality of simulation layers, based on the geographic metadata associated with the first plurality of infrastructure elements and on the geographic metadata associated with the second plurality of infrastructure elements, wherein the generating and storing the data representing the associations comprises assigning an intensity to an association between a pair of infrastructure elements on the basis of the geographic distance between the pair of infrastructure elements indicated by the metadata respectively associated with each of the pair of infrastructure elements;
• execute a first multi-layer simulation based on the data representing the associations between the plurality of simulation layers;
• modifying the data representing the associations between the plurality of simulation layers;
• and
• execute a second multi-layer simulation, based on the modified data representing the associations between the plurality of simulation layers.

A method for simulating cyber-physical systems on a simulation system using a multi-layer data structure, comprising:

• receiving, at the simulation system, data representing infrastructure elements in a real-world environment, wherein the plurality of infrastructure elements represented in the data are associated with respective geographic metadata in the data;
• generating and storing a plurality of geographic simulation layers representing the real-world environment, based on the received data;
• for each simulation layer of the plurality of simulation layers, generating and storing data representing associations of each of a first plurality of infrastructure elements in the layer with each of a second plurality of infrastructure elements across two or more other simulation layers of the plurality of simulation layers, based on the geographic metadata associated with the first plurality of infrastructure elements and on the geographic metadata associated with the second plurality of infrastructure elements, wherein the generating and storing the data representing the associations comprises associating a pair of infrastructure elements with one another if the geographic metadata respectively associated with each of the pair of infrastructure elements indicates that the pair of infrastructure elements are within a predefined geographical distance of one another;
• executing a first multi-layer simulation based on the data representing the associations between the plurality of simulation layers;
• modifying the data representing the associations between the plurality of simulation layers;
• and
• executing a second multi-layer simulation, based on the modified data representing the associations between the plurality of simulation layers.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for simulating cyber-physical systems using a multi-layer data structure, the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions configured to be executed by one or more processors to cause the one or more processors to:

• receive, at the system, data representing infrastructure elements in a real-world environment, wherein the plurality of infrastructure elements represented in the data are associated with respective geographic metadata in the data;
• generate and store a plurality of geographic simulation layers representing the real-world environment, based on the received data;
• for each simulation layer of the plurality of simulation layers, generate and store data representing associations of each of a first plurality of infrastructure elements in the layer with each of a second plurality of infrastructure elements across two or more other simulation layers of the plurality of simulation layers, based on the geographic metadata associated with the first plurality of infrastructure elements and on the geographic metadata associated with the second plurality of infrastructure elements, wherein the generating and storing the data representing the associations comprises associating a pair of infrastructure elements with one another if the geographic metadata respectively associated with each of the pair of infrastructure elements indicates that the pair of infrastructure elements are within a predefined geographical distance of one another;
• execute a first multi-layer simulation based on the data representing the associations between the plurality of simulation layers;
• modifying the data representing the associations between the plurality of simulation layers;
• and
• execute a second multi-layer simulation, based on the modified data representing the associations between the plurality of simulation layers.

A method for simulating cyber-physical systems on a simulation system using a multi-layer data structure, comprising:

• receiving, at the simulation system, data representing infrastructure elements in a real-world environment, wherein the plurality of infrastructure elements represented in the data are associated with respective geographic metadata in the data;
• generating and storing a plurality of geographic simulation layers representing the real-world environment, based on the received data;
• for each simulation layer of the plurality of simulation layers, generating and storing data representing associations of each of a first plurality of infrastructure elements in the layer with each of a second plurality of infrastructure elements across two or more other simulation layers of the plurality of simulation layers, based on the geographic metadata associated with the first plurality of infrastructure elements and on the geographic metadata associated with the second plurality of infrastructure elements, wherein the generating and storing the data representing the associations comprises not associating a pair of infrastructure elements with one another if the geographic metadata respectively associated with each of the pair of infrastructure elements indicates that the pair of infrastructure elements are not within a predefined geographical distance of one another;
• executing a first multi-layer simulation based on the data representing the associations between the plurality of simulation layers;
• modifying the data representing the associations between the plurality of simulation layers;
• and
• executing a second multi-layer simulation, based on the modified data representing the associations between the plurality of simulation layers.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for simulating cyber-physical systems using a multi-layer data structure, the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions configured to be executed by one or more processors to cause the one or more processors to:

• receive, at the system, data representing infrastructure elements in a real-world environment, wherein the plurality of infrastructure elements represented in the data are associated with respective geographic metadata in the data;
• generate and store a plurality of geographic simulation layers representing the real-world environment, based on the received data;
• for each simulation layer of the plurality of simulation layers, generate and store data representing associations of each of a first plurality of infrastructure elements in the layer with each of a second plurality of infrastructure elements across two or more other simulation layers of the plurality of simulation layers, based on the geographic metadata associated with the first plurality of infrastructure elements and on the geographic metadata associated with the second plurality of infrastructure elements, wherein the generating and storing the data representing the associations comprises not associating a pair of infrastructure elements with one another if the geographic metadata respectively associated with each of the pair of infrastructure elements indicates that the pair of infrastructure elements are not within a predefined geographical distance of one another;
• execute a first multi-layer simulation based on the data representing the associations between the plurality of simulation layers;
• modifying the data representing the associations between the plurality of simulation layers;
• and
• execute a second multi-layer simulation, based on the modified data representing the associations between the plurality of simulation layers.

A method for simulating cyber-physical systems on a simulation system using a multi-layer data structure, comprising:

• receiving, at the simulation system, data representing infrastructure elements in a real-world environment, wherein the plurality of infrastructure elements represented in the data are associated with respective geographic metadata in the data;
• generating and storing a plurality of geographic simulation layers representing the real-world environment, based on the received data;
• for each simulation layer of the plurality of simulation layers, generating and storing data representing associations of each of a first plurality of infrastructure elements in the layer with each of a second plurality of infrastructure elements across two or more other simulation layers of the plurality of simulation layers, based on the geographic metadata associated with the first plurality of infrastructure elements and on the geographic metadata associated with the second plurality of infrastructure elements, wherein the generating and storing the data representing the associations comprises assigning an intensity to an association between a pair of infrastructure elements on the basis of the geographic distance between the pair of infrastructure elements indicated by the metadata respectively associated with each of the pair of infrastructure elements;
• executing a first multi-layer simulation based on the data representing the associations between the plurality of simulation layers;
• modifying the data representing the associations between the plurality of simulation layers;
• and
• executing a second multi-layer simulation, based on the modified data representing the associations between the plurality of simulation layers.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for simulating cyber-physical systems using a multi-layer data structure, the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions configured to be executed by one or more processors to cause the one or more processors to:

• receive, at the system, data representing infrastructure elements in a real-world environment, wherein the plurality of infrastructure elements represented in the data are associated with respective geographic metadata in the data;
• generate and store a plurality of geographic simulation layers representing the real-world environment, based on the received data;
• for each simulation layer of the plurality of simulation layers, generate and store data representing associations of each of a first plurality of infrastructure elements in the layer with each of a second plurality of infrastructure elements across two or more other simulation layers of the plurality of simulation layers, based on the geographic metadata associated with the first plurality of infrastructure elements and on the geographic metadata associated with the second plurality of infrastructure elements, wherein the generating and storing the data representing the associations comprises assigning an intensity to an association between a pair of infrastructure elements on the basis of the geographic distance between the pair of infrastructure elements indicated by the metadata respectively associated with each of the pair of infrastructure elements;
• execute a first multi-layer simulation based on the data representing the associations between the plurality of simulation layers;
• modifying the data representing the associations between the plurality of simulation layers;
• and
• execute a second multi-layer simulation, based on the modified data representing the associations between the plurality of simulation layers.