DAFNI: a computational platform to support infrastructure systems research

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dc.contributor.authorMatthews, Brian
dc.contributor.authorHall, Jim
dc.contributor.authorBatty, Michael
dc.contributor.author[...]
dc.contributor.authorHallett, Stephen
dc.contributor.authoret al.
dc.date.accessioned2023-11-14T12:26:00Z
dc.date.available2023-11-14T12:26:00Z
dc.date.issued2023-04-14
dc.description.abstractResearch into the engineering of infrastructure systems is increasingly data intensive. Researchers build computational models to explore scenarios such as investigating the merits of infrastructure plans, analysing historical data to inform system operations or assessing the impacts of infrastructure on the environment. Models are more complex, at higher resolution and with larger coverage. Researchers also require a ‘multi-systems’ approach to explore interactions between systems, such as energy and water with urban development, and across scales, from buildings and streets to regions or nations. Consequently, researchers need enhanced computational resources to support cross-institutional collaboration and sharing at scale. The Data and Analytics Facility for National Infrastructure (DAFNI) is an emerging computational platform for infrastructure systems research. It provides high-throughput compute resources so larger data sets can be used, with a data repository to upload data and share these with collaborators. Users’ models can also be uploaded and executed using modern containerisation techniques, giving platform independence, scaling and sharing. Further, models can be combined into workflows, supporting multi-systems modelling and generating visualisations to present results. DAFNI forms a central resource accessible to all infrastructure systems researchers in the UK, supporting collaboration and providing a legacy, keeping data and models available beyond the lifetime of a project.en_UK
dc.identifier.citationMatthews B, Hall J, Batty M, et al., (2023) DAFNI: a computational platform to support infrastructure systems research. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Smart Infrastructure and Construction, Volume 176, Issue 3, April 2023, pp. 108-116en_UK
dc.identifier.issn2397-8759
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1680/jsmic.22.00007
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/20547
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherInstitution of Civil Engineers - ICEen_UK
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/*
dc.subjectdata digital twinen_UK
dc.subjectinformation technologyen_UK
dc.subjectinfrastructure planningen_UK
dc.subjectnumerical modellingen_UK
dc.titleDAFNI: a computational platform to support infrastructure systems researchen_UK
dc.typeArticleen_UK

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