Reproducible parallel simulation experiments via pure functional programming

Due to the increasing complexity of simulation models, the experiments conducted with these models become more complex as well. To date, software support for reproducible complex simulation experiments is constrained to specific application domains and experiment types. As a step towards a one-size-...

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Vydané v:2019 IEEE/ACM 23rd International Symposium on Distributed Simulation and Real Time Applications (DS-RT) s. 1 - 8
Hlavní autori: Warnke, Tom, Uhrmacher, Adelinde M.
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Jazyk:English
Vydavateľské údaje: IEEE 01.10.2019
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Libraries
Parallel processing
Random number generation
Real-time systems
Reproducibility of results
Simulation
simulation experiments
Software
Sparks
stochastic simulation
Usability
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Shrnutí:Due to the increasing complexity of simulation models, the experiments conducted with these models become more complex as well. To date, software support for reproducible complex simulation experiments is constrained to specific application domains and experiment types. As a step towards a one-size-fits-all solution, we express simulation experiments as pure functions. With random number generation wrapped in the state monad, we achieve bit-level reproducibility of simulation results even for complex experiment setups. Additionally, we show how simulation runs can be executed in parallel without jeopardizing reproducibility. While the approach is independent of concrete simulation backends, we illustrate it by using NetLogo in various complex simulation experiments, utilizing design of experiments, simulation-based optimization, and statistical model checking.
DOI:10.1109/DS-RT47707.2019.8958655