Real time simulation monitoring
A method for monitoring at least one simulation program includes capturing, by a computer, a plurality of simulation data from the at least one simulation program, the capturing is performed in real time while the at least one simulation program is continuously streaming the plurality of simulation data, analyzing, by the computer, the captured plurality of simulation data using a streaming data software, identifying a plurality of predefined criteria within the analyzed plurality of simulation data, the plurality of predefined criteria includes at least one of an event, a result and a variable, and providing feedback to the at least one simulation program to modify a plurality of simulation parameters according to the at least one identified event, result and variable.
1. A method for monitoring from a second computer a simulation program running on a first computer, comprising:
receiving, by the first computer, instructions to write simulation data describing a state of the simulation program to a user-defined socket associated with the first computer;
based on the instructions, continuously writing, by the first computer, the simulation data to the user-defined socket, wherein writing the simulation data proceeds at a high data rate of a total TO bandwidth such that it has no impact on timing and memory of the simulation program;
continuously capturing, by the second computer in a location different than a location of the first computer, the simulation data from the user-defined socket using an internet protocol, the capturing is performed in real-time while the simulation program streams the simulation data;
continuously analyzing, by the second computer, the captured simulation data using a user-defined streaming data software comprising a data management middleware operating on streaming data from different sources without interfering with the simulation program running on the first computer and without writing or reading from a disk, the second computer comprising an event controller module in communication with the first computer;
receiving, at the event controller module, a predefined criteria specified by a user of the first computer, the predefined criteria identifies events, results, and variable of interests for the user during execution of the simulation program;
based on the predefined criteria specified by the user of the first computer, identifying, by the event controller module, feedback data in the captured simulation data comprising at least one of the events, the results, or the variable of interests for the user;
sending, by the event controller module, the feedback data from the second computer to the first computer running the simulation program;
receiving, by the first computer, the feedback data;
based on the received feedback data, modifying in real-time at least one of a boundary condition, a simulation constant, or a time step size of the simulation program running on the first computer without stopping the execution of the simulation program, without changing the simulation code, and without reducing disk space;
sending, by the second computer, the analyzed simulation data to a storage device in a location different than the first computer and the second computer to maximize disk space; and
providing the analyzed simulation data from the storage device to at least one interested party or customer.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first computer comprises a plurality of computer nodes, with each computer node writing simulation data to a corresponding socket port.
3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the plurality of computer nodes is running the simulation program in parallel.
4. The method of claim 3 , wherein each of the plurality of computer nodes is running a different simulation program.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the simulation data comprises raw unprocessed data, the raw unprocessed data is captured completely by the second computer, wherein the simulation data after being analyzed and processed by the second computer has a volume that is substantially less than a volume of the raw unprocessed data.