Automatic Algorithm Selection for Complex Simulation Problems

Download or read book Automatic Algorithm Selection for Complex Simulation Problems written by Roland Ewald and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-11-20 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To select the most suitable simulation algorithm for a given task is often difficult. This is due to intricate interactions between model features, implementation details, and runtime environment, which may strongly affect the overall performance. An automated selection of simulation algorithms supports users in setting up simulation experiments without demanding expert knowledge on simulation. Roland Ewald analyzes and discusses existing approaches to solve the algorithm selection problem in the context of simulation. He introduces a framework for automatic simulation algorithm selection and describes its integration into the open-source modelling and simulation framework James II. Its selection mechanisms are able to cope with three situations: no prior knowledge is available, the impact of problem features on simulator performance is unknown, and a relationship between problem features and algorithm performance can be established empirically. The author concludes with an experimental evaluation of the developed methods.