Interactive graphical user interfaces for simulated systems
Systems, computer program products, and computer-implemented methods for visualizing and interacting with a plurality of models that collectively represent a real-world system depicted in a graphical user interface. The system described herein may generate an interactive graphical user interface with multiple modes and a plurality of panels associated with the plurality of models. These panels and modes lay the framework for how a user can properly visualize and analyze the models at a particular point in time or over a period of time. The systems, computer program products, and computer-implemented methods may thus, according to various embodiments, enable a plurality of models that collectively represent a real-world system be interacted with and visualized by a graphical user interface.
1. A computer-implemented method comprising, by one or more hardware processors executing program instructions:
accessing, for each of one or more nodes of a plurality of nodes, provided in a user interface, a respective associated model corresponding to each node;
accessing, for each of the one or more nodes, respective associated time-based data useable in the corresponding associated model;
simulating the one or more models using the associated time-based data to determine property values associated with the respective one or more nodes, wherein the one or more models are configured to simulate one or more real-world systems; and
based on results of the simulating and a selected point in time, updating an appearance of at least one of the one or more nodes displayed in the user interface.
2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 further comprising, by the one or more hardware processors executing program instructions:
in response to receiving a user input:
adding a node to the user interface that is related to a selected node, and
adding an indication of a relationship between the added node and the selected node.
3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 further comprising, by the one or more hardware processors executing program instructions:
in response to receiving a user input:
causing display of a chart showing the accessed time-based data.
4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the user interface further includes:
a histogram displaying properties common among one or more selected nodes of the plurality of nodes.
5. The computer-implemented method of claim 4 further comprising, by the one or more hardware processors executing program instructions:
in response to receiving a user input via the histogram:
causing updating of the user interface to indicate a selection of one or more nodes of the plurality of nodes corresponding to the user input.
6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 further comprising, by the one or more hardware processors executing program instructions:
in response to receiving a user input:
grouping one or more nodes of the plurality of nodes into a single node in the user interface.
7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 further comprising, by the one or more hardware processors executing program instructions:
in response to receiving a user input:
creating a subgraph comprising one or more nodes; and
causing displaying of the subgraph as a single node in the user interface.
8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein updating the appearance of the at least one of the one or more nodes comprises at least one of: coloring, emphasizing, or highlighting.
9. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the appearance of the at least one of the one or more nodes is further updated based on at least one of: one or more rules or time-based data associated with the at least one of the one or more nodes.
10. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 further comprising, by the one or more hardware processors executing program instructions:
causing display of an alert associated with one or more of the nodes, wherein the alert is based on at least one of: one or more rules or time-based data associated with the at least one of the one or more nodes.
11. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 further comprising, by the one or more hardware processors executing program instructions:
causing display, adjacent to respective nodes, of sensor data readouts associated with one or more of the plurality of nodes.
12. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 further comprising, by the one or more hardware processors executing program instructions:
receiving user inputs specifying one or more models, one or more inputs, and one or more outputs; and
in response to receiving the user inputs:
executing a second simulation associated with one or more nodes of the plurality of nodes; and
causing display of a result of the second simulation.
13. The computer-implemented method of claim 12 further comprising, by the one or more hardware processors executing program instructions:
causing display of a comparison between two or more simulations including at least the second simulation.
14. The computer-implemented method of claim 12 further comprising, by the one or more hardware processors executing program instructions:
determining and causing display of updates to appearances of nodes based on the result of the second simulation.
15. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 further comprising, by the one or more hardware processors executing program instructions:
causing display of movement of items among one or more nodes of the plurality of nodes based at least in part on the accessed time-based data.
16. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 further comprising:
in response to receiving a user input associated with a node:
linking from the user interface to another related interactive graphical user interface of another type to display information associated with the node.
17. The computer-implemented method of claim 16 , wherein the linking includes linking to a panel-based interactive graphical user interface that includes details of alerts associated with the node.
18. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the user interface is at least one of: graph-based or map-based.
19. A system comprising:
one or more computer readable storage mediums having program instructions embodied therewith; and
one or more processors configured to execute the program instructions to cause the system to perform the computer-implemented method of claim 1 .
20. A computer program product comprising one or more computer readable storage mediums having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by one or more processors to cause the one or more processors to perform the computer-implemented method of claim 1 .