Method and apparatus for conducting linked simulation operations utilizing a computer-based system model
First Claim
1. A method of conducting a sequence of linked simulation operations utilizing a computer-based model, the method including:
- performing a first simulation operation utilizing the model to generate an output condition; and
performing a plurality of further simulation operations utilizing the model, wherein each of the plurality of further simulation operations, at least partially and automatically, inherits the output condition generated by the first simulation operation as an input condition, wherein at least one of the plurality of further simulation operations utilizes a delta condition in conjunction with the output condition of the first simulation operation as the input condition.
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Abstract
A method of conducting a sequence of linked simulation operations, utilizing a computer-based simulation model, commences with the performance of a first simulation operation to generate an output condition. A further simulation operation, which is defined to sequentially follow the first simulation operation, is then formed utilizing the simulation model. The second simulation operation at least partially and automatically inherits the output condition generated by the first simulation operation as an input condition. In this way, the second simulation operation commences with a configuration captured from a preceding simulation operation as an input condition. Multiple simulation operations may at least partially inherit a configuration from the first simulation operation.
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23 Claims
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1. A method of conducting a sequence of linked simulation operations utilizing a computer-based model, the method including:
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performing a first simulation operation utilizing the model to generate an output condition; and
performing a plurality of further simulation operations utilizing the model, wherein each of the plurality of further simulation operations, at least partially and automatically, inherits the output condition generated by the first simulation operation as an input condition, wherein at least one of the plurality of further simulation operations utilizes a delta condition in conjunction with the output condition of the first simulation operation as the input condition. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A method of conducting sequential simulation operations utilizing a computer-based system model, the method including:
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performing a first simulation operation utilizing the system model to generate a first set of values for a set of model parameters;
attributing a delta value to at least a first model parameter of the set of model parameters, and maintaining at least an inherited value from the first set of values for a second model parameter to thereby generate a second set of values for the set of model parameters; and
performing a second simulation operation utilizing the system model and the second set of values as an input condition. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A computer-based system for conducting a sequence of linked simulation operations, the system including:
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a simulation engine to perform first and second simulation operations; and
a sequence generator to identify the first and second simulation operations as being sequenced and automatically to generate an input condition for the second simulation operation that at least partially inherits an output condition of the first simulation operation, wherein the second simulation operation specifies a delta condition and wherein the sequence generator generates the input condition for the second simulation utilizing both the delta condition and the output condition of the first simulation.
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20. A machine-readable medium storing a sequence of instructions that, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to perform the steps of:
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performing a first simulation operation utilizing the model to generate an output condition; and
performing a plurality of further simulation operations utilizing the model, wherein each of the plurality of further simulation operations, at least partially and automatically, inherits the output condition generated by the first simulation operation as an input condition, wherein at least one of the plurality of further simulation operations utilizes a delta condition in conjunction with the output condition of the first simulation operation as the input condition.
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21. A method of generating a graphical plot for values of a parameter of a computer-based model, the method including:
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performing a first simulation operation utilizing the model to generate a first set of values for the parameter;
performing a second simulation operation utilizing the model to generate a second set of values for the parameter, wherein the second simulation operation at least partially inherits an output condition of the first simulation operation as an input condition; and
generating a graphical plot on a display device associated with a computer system, the graphical plot plotting the first and second sets of values for the parameter as an integrated plot. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23)
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