I was wondering if it would be possible that link AnyLogic to Matlab?
I need a way that call a function from Matlab to Anylogic.
At this level AnyLogic should be considered as Java application, and the question should be formulated as Link Java and Matlab. You may search for different Java libraries that establish connection with MatLab and Java app, allowing to pass commands from app to Matlab, and get the result. Example of such library — matlabcontrol. There is also example model.
UPD: Matlab provides Java API for AnyLogic, so you may directly use it within AnyLogic. In this case third-party libraries are not required. For this purpose you need to add engine.jar to the model dependencies, the .jar is provided with Matlab, it is located in:
matlab\extern\engines\java\jar
Here is the model that invokes Matlab using the respective examples from:
matlab\extern\examples\engines\java
I'm not sure which direction you are talking about.
calling a matlab function in anylogic:
Since Anylogic is based on Java, you could use the Java Runtime class, and do something like:
Runtime rt = Runtime.getRuntime();
Process pr = rt.exec("C:\<a long path here>\matlab.exe" -nodisplay -nosplash -nodesktop -r "run('C:\<a long path here>\mfile.m');exit;"
after that you need to get the output from the process object pr and do your magic.
calling anylogic simulation in matlab:
have a look at : http://help.anylogic.com/topic/com.xj.anylogic.help/html/integration/Integration.html
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I am using AnyLogic University edition (cannot export AnyLogic model). I need my Java application to call an AnyLogic model (passing a few parameters), execute the model and receive the experiment results (from AnyLogic to my application). How can this be achieved?
Another question is, can the same be done from other programming languages (say, VB or Python)? What I mean is, calling an AnyLogic model from Python.
One approach would be to use a ProcessBuilder in Java to execute a shell command, that runs your anylogic model like so (assuming the model is in /c directory on windows):
ProcessBuilder processBuilder = new ProcessBuilder();
processBuilder.command("cmd.exe", "/c","anylogic 'absolute path to the model .alp file'");
There are several ways to then pass back results. The easiest may be to import an Excel file into Anylogic which stores your results, and then read it with a CSVReadWrite object in your Java application.
Not sure what is your objective behind calling the simulation dynamically using a java application. But one way to do it might be inside Anylogic itself. You can use the 'Custom Experiment' to write any reasonably small java source code and run the model (in iteration if needed) to collect results and possibly even saving the results to a csv file after each run. See the link below for examples and details
https://help.anylogic.com/nav/0_11
I am trying to run Omnet++ and matlab software in parallel and want them to communicate. When Omnet++ is running, I want to update the position of the node and for that I want to edit the .ned and .int files with matlab results continuously. During simulation I want to generate the result file using the updated files. I want just to update the position and don't want to add or delete any node. Please suggest me a way for proceeding?
matlab_loop
{
matlab_writes_position_in_ned_file;
delay(100ms);
}
omnet_loop
{
omnet_loads_ned_and_simulates;
//sca and vec should update;
delay(100ms);
}
Thank you.
NED and Ini files are read only during initialization of the model. You can't "read" them again after the simulation started. On the other hand, you are free to modify your parameters and create/delete modules using OMNeT++'s C++ API. What you want to achieve is basicaly: set your node position based on some calculations carried out by matlab code. The proper way to do it:
Generate C code from your matlab code.
Link that code to your OMNeT++ model
Create a new mobility model (assuming you are using INET) that is using the matlab code
What you are looking for seems to be more of a project rather than a question/problem which can be solved in Q&A site like stackoverflow.
Unfortunately, I have little understanding of matlab and V-REP to provide you a satisfactory answer. However, it seems that you will need to play around with APIs in lower levels.
As an example of coupling different simulation tools to form a simulation framework in case of need consider reading this paper and this
Also note the answer given by #Rudi. He seems to know what he is talking about.
I have a Simulink model, the purpose of which is automated code generation.
My model uses S-functions (developed by another party), which has hard-coded assumptions about the path. For instance, several external data files are needed, which are referenced in the S-function via a relative path like ..\Bin\data\datafile.bin. This makes it necessary to set MATLAB's current working directory to a specific path before the model can be run.
I can automatically check and set the correct path via model callback functions. However, all model callback functions only seem to be related to the simulation process, not the build process. That means that I can run the model irrespective of what directory I'm in, but when I try to build the model, it always fails unless I manually navigate MATLAB back to the correct directory.
Needless to say, that's quite annoying. So I was wondering if there is something like a "preBuildFcn" callback fnuction, a function that is run before starting the build process? Any other solution (that does not involve modifying the S-function) is also very welcome.
There are plenty of hooks into the build process of Simulink / Embedded Coder ('entry', 'before_tlc', 'after_tlc', 'before_make', 'after_make', 'exit', and 'error'). I assume you want an 'entry' hook.
All you need to do is write an M-function with the name your_system_target_file name_make_rtw_hook, as explained in the documentation Customize Build Process with STF_make_rtw_hook File.
In case you can't open the online documentation (login required), here is the path to the HTML in your MATLAB installation: MATLAB root\help\rtw\ug\customizing-the-target-build-process-with-the-stf-make-rtw-hook-file.html
I am not sure whether building simulink models is sufficiently similar to building regular MATLAB programs, but here is what I used in the past:
Set up the project manually
Build the project programmatically
The program that is used to build the project should be able to set the path or do other custom things.
I am trying to run compiled MATLAB code (by mcc) from inside MATLAB in a way that I can avoid using another license that is required by the compiled code. We need this because we run this same specific code part again and again and execution is stuck due to license waiting. We don't want to buy tons of this specific license just to mass run the same part. Is there any way to do this? tutorial?
Is it possible to compile a .m file to dll/so and wrap it like a mex and call it from MATLAB on the fly? How would I pass and retrieve complex arguments?
According to
http://www.mathworks.de/products/compiler/description3.html
creating shared libraries should well be possible.
Concerning passing and retrieving complex arguments:
If you plan to use mex, I'd assume you should be able to call the shared-library "main"-function with any arguments you'd like, using the mxArray type that you'll have to use anyway.
To run the MATLAB-compiled code in MATLAB, you want codegen, part of the MATLAB Coder. See this blog post on generating C code from MATLAB. The alternative, deploying code with mcc/mbuild and then reloading it into MATLAB with loadlibrary is rather contorted, and I wouldn't advice it.
I have a simple model from simulink and I would like to generate code using the code generator in the simulink and then compile it using gcc into a .ELF object file. How can I proceed?
Thanks
You need the product called Simulink Coder (around matlab 2011b) or Real-time Workshop (for older matlab versions). Typing ver at the matlab command window will show what products and licences you have installed.
If Simulink Coder or RTW are installed, you use the menu Simulation->Configuration Parameters to set up the model for code generation.
If you have Embedded Coder you can set System Target File to ert.tlc, and this will produce a very concise main() routine to call your model code. Otherwise, use grt.tlc which produces a lot more bloat then ert, but is the only useful one available for on Windows.
There are a lot of options to go through and check - it really needs someone with a bit of experience to be present!
As you are requesting an ELF file, is this for an embedded system? If so, there is a lot more work to be done. If the target is not one of the already supported targets, then you need a target package, which will take either a lot of time and experience, or money to buy one.
Custom target development - a world of it's own:
http://www.mathworks.co.uk/help/toolbox/rtw/ug/bse3b2z.html