Swarms / Many-on-Many in Simulink

Hi everybody,

we want to simulate swarms in Simulink. A swarm comprises of N multiple objects. Each object represents a physical system with different parametrization (mass, inertia, etc) and state operations (delay, integration, etc). We are currently discussing whether Simulink is the appropriate framework.

In the following I listed the main requirements of the simulation framework:

• All objects have the same input and output signals
• Each object has a unique parametrization
• The number N of objects must be set up at the start of the simulation (no dynamic allocation of objects during simulation)
• The number N of simulated objects is defined via an integer (no manual editing of the Simulink model is allowed).
• The maximum number of objects of a swarm comprises of N<10.

Our ideas:

• For Each Subsystem-block: iterates over the number of objects, same input/output signal structure; different parametrization/model of the objects seems not possible?!
• Data Store Memory: saw this in a similar context but I am not familiar with the concept.
• Model Referencing: one model for objects with the same structure, multiple referenced with different parametrization. This is not possible in combination with For Each Subsystem-blocks.

It would be great if you could provide us with some ideas or solutions. If you need further Information, just tell me.

Thank you for any help, Florian