General-purpose simulation system using social network interface

A simulation system, comprising:

• an interface component implemented in one or more of computers, the interface component generating a simulation job and registering the simulation job in a database, at least a portion of the interface component being placed outside of a firewall and connected to a public or shared network that has less restrictive access than networks inside the firewall to receive a simulation model from outside of the firewall;
• a job control component implemented in one or more of computers, the job control component accessing said database to retrieve the simulation job and scheduling the simulation job for execution;
• and
• a simulation execution component implemented in one or more of computers, the simulation execution component receiving the simulation job from the job control component, creating executable codes for numerical and parallel computing algorithms and distributing computing processes to multiple computers to execute the simulation job,
• wherein, the job control component receives simulation progress information from the simulation execution job, registers the simulation progress information in the database, and sends the simulation progress information to the interface component,
• wherein the simulation execution component sends the simulation progress information to the job control component, temporarily stores data created by the simulation job, and sends simulation results to the interface component, and
• wherein the interface component displays the simulation progress information and the simulation results on a website hosted by the interface component or sends messages to users to inform the users of the simulation progress information and the simulation results.