<s>
System	B-Algorithm
information	I-Algorithm
modelling	I-Algorithm
(	O
SIM	O
)	O
is	O
the	O
process	O
of	O
modelling	O
complex	O
connected	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
System	O
information	B-Application
models	I-Application
are	O
digital	O
representations	O
of	O
connected	O
systems	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
electrical	O
instrumentation	O
and	O
control	O
,	O
power	O
,	O
and	O
communication	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
the	O
mid-nineties	O
,	O
the	O
complexity	O
of	O
power	O
,	O
control	O
and	O
Information	B-General_Concept
and	I-General_Concept
Communication	I-General_Concept
Technology	I-General_Concept
(	O
ICT	O
)	O
systems	O
has	O
been	O
growing	O
exponentially	O
due	O
to	O
rapid	O
advances	O
in	O
technology	O
;	O
this	O
has	O
rendered	O
the	O
traditional	O
paper-based	O
methodologies	O
and	O
applications	O
used	O
for	O
system	O
design	O
to	O
become	O
obsolete	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
term	O
'	O
System	B-Algorithm
Information	I-Algorithm
Modelling	I-Algorithm
 '	O
was	O
first	O
published	O
in	O
a	O
technical	O
report	O
in	O
2012	O
by	O
Peter	O
E.D.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
report	O
concluded	O
that	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
traditional	O
Computer-Aided-Design	B-Application
(	O
CAD	B-Application
)	O
methods	O
to	O
produce	O
electrical	O
engineering	O
design	O
is	O
ineffective	O
,	O
inefficient	O
and	O
costly	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
2013	O
,	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
scholarly	O
research	O
papers	O
have	O
been	O
published	O
that	O
have	O
demonstrated	O
the	O
effectiveness	O
and	O
efficiency	O
of	O
using	O
a	O
SIM	O
instead	O
of	O
CAD	B-Application
to	O
design	O
and	O
document	O
EICS	O
in	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
projects	O
(	O
e.g.	O
,	O
iron	O
ore	O
processing	O
plant	O
,	O
FPSO	O
safety	O
control	O
system	O
,	O
copper	O
smelter	O
plant	O
,	O
oil	O
refinery	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
geothermal	O
power	O
plant	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
System	B-Algorithm
Information	I-Algorithm
Modelling	I-Algorithm
can	O
be	O
defined	O
as	O
the	O
process	O
of	O
digitally	O
modelling	O
a	O
complex	O
connected	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
System	O
Information	B-Application
Model	I-Application
is	O
a	O
shared	O
information	O
resource	O
of	O
a	O
system	O
forming	O
a	O
reliable	O
basis	O
of	O
knowledge	O
during	O
its	O
life-cycle	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
SIM	O
containing	O
all	O
the	O
project	O
information	O
can	O
be	O
applied	O
throughout	O
the	O
entire	O
life-cycle	B-General_Concept
of	O
the	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
a	O
SIM	O
is	O
applied	O
to	O
the	O
design	O
of	O
a	O
connected	O
system	O
,	O
all	O
physical	O
equipment	O
and	O
the	O
associated	O
connections	O
to	O
be	O
constructed	O
can	O
be	O
modelled	O
in	O
a	O
relational	B-Application
database	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Information	B-Application
management	I-Application
can	O
be	O
achieved	O
digitally	O
and	O
the	O
role	O
of	O
paper	O
drawings	O
is	O
eliminated	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
traditional	O
CAD-based	O
environment	O
paper	O
drawings	O
are	O
typically	O
handed	O
over	O
to	O
the	O
asset	O
owner	O
in	O
the	O
form	O
of	O
'	B-Application
As	I-Application
Built	I-Application
 '	I-Application
drawings	I-Application
,	O
which	O
reflect	O
,	O
in	O
theory	O
,	O
the	O
actual	O
construction	O
of	O
every	O
system	O
,	O
component	O
and	O
connection	O
of	O
a	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
an	O
asset	O
manager	O
wants	O
to	O
maintain	O
,	O
repair	O
or	O
upgrade	O
any	O
portion	O
of	O
the	O
asset	O
,	O
then	O
the	O
'	B-Application
As	I-Application
Built	I-Application
 '	I-Application
drawings	I-Application
need	O
to	O
be	O
used	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
commercial	O
proprietary	O
software	O
package	O
,	O
Digital	O
Asset	O
Delivery	O
(	O
DAD	O
)	O
,	O
has	O
been	O
developed	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
concept	O
of	O
System	B-Algorithm
Information	I-Algorithm
Modelling	I-Algorithm
(	O
SIM	O
)	O
by	O
I&E	O
Systems	O
Pty	O
Ltd	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Opticomm	O
builds	O
,	O
owns	O
and	O
operates	O
a	O
large	O
fibre	B-Architecture
optic	I-Architecture
communications	O
network	O
which	O
connects	O
tens	O
of	O
thousands	O
of	O
residential	O
and	O
commercial	O
properties	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Their	O
network	O
is	O
totally	O
modelled	O
using	O
SIM	O
and	O
all	O
their	O
construction	O
and	O
operations	O
activities	O
are	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
information	O
in	O
their	O
SIM	O
based	O
information	B-Application
model	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
electrical	O
components	O
and	O
cable	O
objects	O
in	O
their	O
SIM	O
are	O
linked	O
to	O
the	O
objects	O
in	O
their	O
geographic	B-Application
information	I-Application
system	I-Application
(	O
GIS	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
2014	O
,	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
research	O
projects	O
have	O
been	O
undertaken	O
by	O
the	O
BIM	B-Architecture
Centre	O
of	O
Huazhong	O
University	O
of	O
Science	O
and	O
Technology	O
including	O
SIM	O
application	O
,	O
linking	O
SIM	O
to	O
BIM	B-Architecture
and	O
linking	O
SIM	O
to	O
Engineering	O
Information	B-Application
Modelling	I-Application
(	O
EIM	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
System	B-Algorithm
information	I-Algorithm
modelling	I-Algorithm
is	O
different	O
from	O
building	B-Architecture
information	I-Architecture
modeling	I-Architecture
,	O
though	O
both	O
focus	O
on	O
sharing	O
knowledge	O
and	O
information	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
process	O
of	O
BIM	B-Architecture
has	O
been	O
defined	O
as	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Building	B-Architecture
information	I-Architecture
modeling	I-Architecture
(	O
BIM	B-Architecture
)	O
is	O
a	O
digital	O
representation	O
of	O
physical	O
and	O
functional	O
characteristics	O
of	O
a	O
facility	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
BIM	B-Architecture
is	O
a	O
shared	O
knowledge	O
resource	O
for	O
information	O
about	O
a	O
facility	O
forming	O
a	O
reliable	O
basis	O
for	O
decisions	O
during	O
its	O
life-cycle	B-General_Concept
;	O
defined	O
as	O
existing	O
from	O
earliest	O
conception	O
to	O
demolition	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
SIM	O
is	O
akin	O
to	O
BIM	B-Architecture
;	O
'	O
Building	O
 '	O
is	O
replaced	O
with	O
'	O
System	O
 '	O
to	O
represent	O
the	O
process	O
of	O
modeling	O
complex	O
connected	O
systems	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
electrical	O
control	O
,	O
power	O
and	O
communications	O
,	O
which	O
do	O
not	O
possess	O
geometry	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Essentially	O
,	O
a	O
SIM	O
takes	O
a	O
discipline	O
specific	O
perspective	O
to	O
model	O
complex	O
connected	O
systems	O
,	O
but	O
can	O
be	O
integrated	O
with	O
a	O
building	B-Architecture
information	I-Architecture
model	I-Architecture
when	O
a	O
single	B-Application
point	I-Application
of	I-Application
truth	I-Application
is	O
formed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Though	O
efficiencies	O
in	O
creating	O
drawings	O
has	O
been	O
improved	O
since	O
the	O
introduction	O
of	O
CAD	B-Application
,	O
there	O
remains	O
an	O
over	O
reliance	O
on	O
the	O
production	O
of	O
paper	O
based	O
documentation	O
despite	O
the	O
emergence	O
of	O
'	O
digital	O
 '	O
engineering	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
model	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
connected	O
systems	O
such	O
as	O
network	B-Architecture
topology	I-Architecture
,	O
causal	O
loop	O
and	O
interactions	O
between	O
people	O
and	O
organizations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
application	O
scope	O
of	O
SIM	O
is	O
beyond	O
the	O
'	O
physical	O
facility	O
 '	O
that	O
has	O
been	O
defined	O
for	O
BIM	B-Architecture
,	O
which	O
enables	O
the	O
SIM	O
to	O
be	O
applicable	O
to	O
model	O
both	O
the	O
physical	O
and	O
virtual	O
networks	O
of	O
the	O
connected	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
SIM	O
can	O
be	O
linked	O
to	O
Geographical	B-Application
Information	I-Application
Systems	I-Application
to	O
support	O
the	O
management	O
of	O
spatial	O
information	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
a	O
SIM	O
model	O
with	O
components	O
assigned	O
by	O
coordinates	O
can	O
be	O
linked	O
to	O
Google	B-Application
Earth	I-Application
to	O
show	O
the	O
real	O
physical	O
locations	O
of	O
the	O
components	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
SIM	O
can	O
also	O
be	O
linked	O
to	O
third	O
party	O
3D	O
models	O
,	O
using	O
applications	O
such	O
as	O
Autodesk	B-Application
Navisworks	I-Application
,	O
to	O
gain	O
spatial	O
support	O
and	O
also	O
provide	O
detailed	O
system	O
data	O
to	O
the	O
third	O
parties	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Interoperability	O
can	O
be	O
achieved	O
between	O
SIM	O
and	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
technologies	O
such	O
as	O
image	B-Algorithm
modelling	I-Algorithm
,	O
Google	B-Application
Maps	I-Application
,	O
virtual	B-Application
reality	I-Application
,	O
augmented	B-General_Concept
reality	I-General_Concept
,	O
Quick	O
Response	O
code	O
,	O
and	O
radio-frequency	B-Application
identification	I-Application
.	O
</s>
