https://wiki.openmod-initiative.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=SMS%2B%2BSMS++ - Revision history2026-05-14T23:40:20ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.19.7https://wiki.openmod-initiative.org/index.php?title=SMS%2B%2B&diff=16165&oldid=prevAntonio Frangioni: first release2021-10-05T08:44:41Z<p>first release</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Model<br />
|Full_Model_Name=SMS++ energy Blocks<br />
|Acronym=SMS++<br />
|author_institution=Dipartimento di Informatica, Università di Pisa<br />
|authors=The SMS++ Team<br />
|contact_persons=Antonio Frangioni<br />
|contact_email=frangio@di.unipi.it<br />
|website=https://smspp.gitlab.io<br />
|source_download=https://gitlab.com/smspp/smspp-project<br />
|logo=Logo noback.png<br />
|text_description=SMS++ is a software framework for modelling and solving large-scale problems with multiple nested forms of structure. The primary application of SMS++ has been to energy problems and several specific components have been developed.<br />
|Primary purpose=flexible framework for in principle any energy optimization problem<br />
|Primary outputs=commitment, energy, and all related measures<br />
|Support=The SMS++ Team<br />
|Framework=SMS++<br />
|User documentation=unfortunately none, working on it<br />
|Code documentation=https://smspp.gitlab.io<br />
|Source of funding=mostly PGMO projects and plan4res<br />
|Number of developers=5 / 6 but not all on energy problems<br />
|Number of users=2 / 3 academic, 1 industrial so far<br />
|open_source_licensed=Yes<br />
|license=GNU Library or "Lesser" General Public License version 3.0 (LGPL-3.0)<br />
|model_source_public=Yes<br />
|Link to source=https://gitlab.com/smspp/smspp-project<br />
|data_availability=some<br />
|open_future=No<br />
|modelling_software=SMS++<br />
|processing_software=hand-coded C++<br />
|External optimizer=choice between Cplex, SCIP, SDDP, BundleSolver, hepefully many other to come<br />
|Primary purpose=flexible framework for in principle any energy optimization problem<br />
|Additional software=netCDF, boost, Eigen<br />
|GUI=No<br />
|model_class=in princople all short- to long-term optimization<br />
|sectors=electricity, heat components partly developed, but extensible to anything<br />
|technologies=Renewables, Conventional Generation<br />
|Demand sectors=Households, Industry, Commercial sector<br />
|Energy carriers (Renewable)=Hydro, Sun, Wind<br />
|Transfer (Electricity)=Distribution, Transmission<br />
|Transfer (Heat)=Distribution<br />
|Storage (Electricity)=Battery<br />
|Storage (Gas)=No<br />
|Storage (Heat)=No<br />
|User behaviour=optimization<br />
|Market models=none so far, but extendible<br />
|decisions=dispatch, investment<br />
|Changes in efficiency=possible via scenario<br />
|georegions=any<br />
|georesolution=any<br />
|timeresolution=Multi year<br />
|network_coverage=transmission, distribution, DC load flow, net transfer capacities<br />
|Observation period=Less than one month, Less than one year, More than one year<br />
|Additional dimensions (Ecological)=emission consraints (but extendable)<br />
|math_modeltype=Optimization<br />
|math_modeltype_shortdesc=in principle any optimization model, particular emphasis on decomposition approaches<br />
|math_objective=in principle any, currently cost minimization<br />
|deterministic=in principle any, currently scenarios<br />
|is_suited_for_many_scenarios=Yes<br />
|number_of_variables=unlimited<br />
|montecarlo=No<br />
|computation_time_minutes=depends<br />
|computation_time_hardware=from laptop to HPC<br />
|citation_references=under construction<br />
|report_references=https://edition.pagesuite-professional.co.uk/html5/reader/production/default.aspx?pubname=&edid=f0cd4626-ba9b-4718-8e54-5e7da5346ec4<br />
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|example_research_questions=https://www.plan4res.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/plan4res-Definition-Case-Studies-Summary-CS1.pdf<br />
|Model input file format=Yes<br />
|Model file format=Yes<br />
|Model output file format=Yes<br />
}}</div>Antonio Frangioni