System and method for configuring a simulation model utilizing a tool for automatic input/output assignment

A system for configuring a model of a process, said system comprising:

• a processor;
• a data bus coupled to the processor;
• and
• a non-transitory computer-usable medium embodying computer code, said non-transitory computer-usable medium being coupled to said data bus, said computer program code comprising instructions executable by the processor and configured for:
• providing a model of a process that follows a particular sequence, said model comprising a plurality of component sub-models, wherein each component sub-model among said plurality of component sub-models comprises one or more input variables and one or more output variables and wherein each input variable is associated with a process category and a search direction and each output variable is associated with a process category;
• wherein the search direction defines a direction to search the process path for an output variable having the same process category as the input variable;
• executing an automatic model configuration tool to:
• search starting from an input variable in the search direction associated with the input variable along the process path;
• and
• automatically assign the input variable to a particular output variable when the process category associated with the input variable matches the process category associated with the particular output variable.

A non-transitory computer-usable medium for configuring a model of a process, said non-transitory computer-usable medium embodying computer program code, said computer program code comprising computer executable instructions configured for:

• providing a model of a process that follows a particular sequence, said model comprising a plurality of component sub-models, wherein each component sub-model among said plurality of component sub-models comprises one or more input variables and one or more output variables and wherein each input variable is associated with a process category and a search direction and each output variable is associated with a process category;
• executing an automatic model configuration tool to:
• search starting from an input variable in the search direction associated with the input variable along the process path;
• and
• automatically assign the input variable to a particular output variable when the process category associated with the particular input variable matches the process category associated with the particular output variable.