US 5,913,051 A · Method of simultaneous simulation of a complex system comprised of objects having structure state and parameter information

Abstract

Simulation of a complex system begins by generating a plurality of system objects (12) describing items within the system through structural information within the system object (12). Each system object (12) corresponds to a plurality of parameter group objects (18, 20, 22), and a plurality of state objects (24, 26, 28) associated therewith. Each system object (12) also corresponds to a plurality of simulation objects (30, 32, 34) representing specific simulations of the complex system. Each simulation object (30) associates with a parameter group object (18) and a state object (24). Each object is indexed by an object identifier (OID) and parameter group and state objects are further indexed by their corresponding simulation object identifier. Structural, parameter, and state information are separated within their own individual objects allowing multiple threads of system configuration to be run through the simulation objects simultaneously for parallel comparison of simulation results.

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Dependent claims

A method of simulating operation of a complex system, comprising steps of:

generating a plurality of objects to define the complex system, each of said plurality of objects representing an actual item within the complex system;
interfacing with the complex system to obtain structure information, state information, and parameter information for the complex system in response to said generating step;
separating said structure information, said state information, and said parameter information among said plurality of objects in response to said interfacing step;
and
establishing multiple threads of control through said plurality of objects in response to said separating step.

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A method of simulating operation of a complex system, comprising steps of:

generating a plurality of system objects, each of said plurality of system objects comprises structure information corresponding to actual items within the complex system;
generating a plurality of state objects, each of said plurality of state objects corresponds with one of said plurality of system objects and said each of said plurality of state objects comprises state information for a specific state of said one of said plurality of system objects;
generating a plurality of parameter group objects, each of said plurality of parameter group objects corresponds with said one of said plurality of system objects and said each of said plurality of parameter group objects comprises parameter information for elements of said one of said plurality of system objects;
and
generating a plurality of simulation objects, each of said plurality of simulation objects corresponds to said one of said plurality of system objects, said each of said plurality of simulation objects represents a simulation of the complex system and a unique thread of a configuration of the complex system, said each of said plurality of simulation objects associated with one of said plurality of state objects and one of said plurality of parameter group objects, said unique thread of said configuration of the complex system defined by said one of said plurality of state objects and said one of said plurality of parameter group objects.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Method of simultaneous simulation of a complex system comprised of objects having structure state and parameter information

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Method of simultaneous simulation of a complex system comprised of objects having structure state and parameter information

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