SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATING THE CREATION OF MACHINE LEARNING BASED HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE COMPONENT SIMULATORS

1 . A method of simulating a component, comprising:

obtaining a training data set comprising communications between a component and a client using a communication protocol;

generating a functional relationship between a first portion of the communications sent by the client and a second portion of the communications sent by the component;

generating a component model using the generated functional relationship; and

populating a component simulator using the component model.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein obtaining the training data set comprising the communications between a component and a client using a communication protocol comprises:

obtaining a plurality of protocol driven message-response pairs;

obtaining a plurality of protocol driven degenerated message-response pairs;

aggregating the plurality of protocol driven message-response pairs and the plurality of protocol driven degenerated message-response pairs to obtain the communications.

3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein obtaining the plurality of protocol driven message-response pairs comprises:

enumerating a client side of the communication protocol;

generating a plurality of messages using the enumerating a client side of the communication protocol;

obtaining a plurality of responses from the component using the plurality of messages; and

generating the plurality of protocol driven message-response pairs using:

the plurality of messages, and

the plurality of responses.

4 . The method of claim 3 , wherein obtaining the plurality of protocol driven message-response pairs comprises:

enumerating a client side of the communication protocol;

generating a plurality of messages using the enumerating a client side of the communication protocol;

degenerating the plurality of messages to obtain a plurality of degenerated messages;

obtaining a plurality of responses from the component using the plurality of degenerated messages; and

generating the plurality of protocol driven degenerated message-response pairs using:

the plurality of degenerated messages, and

the plurality of responses.

5 . The method of claim 4 , wherein degenerating the plurality of messages comprises:

selecting a bit of a message of the plurality of messages; and

flipping the selected bit.

6 . The method of claim 4 , wherein degenerating the plurality of messages comprises:

selecting a first message of the plurality of messages;

selecting a second message of the plurality of messages; and

replacing a portion of the first message with a portion of the second message.

7 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

before generating the functional relationship:

matching the communications to a machine learning algorithm of a plurality of machine learning algorithms.

8 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the matching is based on a cardinality of the communications.

9 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the matching is based on a cardinality of a client side of the communication protocol.

10 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

obtaining a message from a second client using the communication protocol;

generating a simulated response using the component simulator; and

sending the simulated response to the second client using the communication protocol.

11 . The method of claim 1 , wherein populating the component simulator using the component model comprises:

storing the component model in a hardware device,

where in the hardware device comprises an operable connection that supports the communication protocol.

12 . The method of claim 1 , wherein populating the component simulator using the component model comprises:

storing the component model in a virtual machine,

where in the virtual machine comprises virtual connection that supports the communication protocol.

13 . A computing device for simulating a component, comprising:

a communication interface to a client; and

a component simulator comprising:

a functional relationship based on training data obtained from the component using a communication protocol,

wherein the component simulator is programmed to:

obtain a message via the communication interface from a second client using the communication protocol;

generate a simulated response to the message using the functional relationship; and

send the simulated response via the communication interface using the communication protocol.

14 . The computing device of claim 13 , wherein the training data comprises:

a plurality of protocol driven message-response pairs; and

a plurality of protocol driven degenerated message-response pairs.

15 . The computing device of claim 14 , wherein the plurality of protocol driven message-response pairs comprises:

a plurality of messages based on an enumeration of a client side of the communication protocol; and

a plurality of responses from the component obtained using the plurality of messages.

16 . The computing device of claim 14 , wherein the plurality of protocol driven degenerated message-response pairs comprises:

a plurality of degenerated messages based on an enumeration of a client side of the communication protocol; and

a plurality of responses from the component obtained using the plurality of degenerated messages.

17 . A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer readable program code, which when executed by a computer processor enables the computer processor to perform a method for simulating a component, the method comprising:

obtaining a training data set comprising communications between a component and a client using a communication protocol;

generating a functional relationship between a first portion of the communications sent by the client and a second portion of the communications sent by the component;

generating a component model using the generated functional relationship; and

populating a component simulator using the component model.

18 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 17 , wherein obtaining the training data set comprising the communications between a component and a client using a communication protocol comprises:

obtaining a plurality of protocol driven message-response pairs;

obtaining a plurality of protocol driven degenerated message-response pairs;

aggregating the plurality of protocol driven message-response pairs and the plurality of protocol driven degenerated message-response pairs to obtain the communications.

19 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 18 , wherein obtaining the plurality of protocol driven message-response pairs comprises:

enumerating a client side of the communication protocol;

generating a plurality of messages using the enumerating a client side of the communication protocol;

obtaining a plurality of responses from the component using the plurality of messages; and

generating the plurality of protocol driven message-response pairs using:

the plurality of messages, and

the plurality of responses.

20 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 18 , wherein obtaining the plurality of protocol driven message-response pairs comprises:

enumerating a client side of the communication protocol;

generating a plurality of messages using the enumerating a client side of the communication protocol;

degenerating the plurality of messages to obtain a plurality of degenerated messages;

obtaining a plurality of responses from the component using the plurality of degenerated messages; and

generating the plurality of protocol driven degenerated message-response pairs using:

the plurality of degenerated messages, and

the plurality of responses.