Use of Computing Clusters and Automatic Code Generation to Speed Up Simulation Tasks
Jason Ghidella, Amory Wakefield, Silvina Grad-Freilich, Jon R. Friedman, Vinod Cherian · 2007
This paper studies a number of different techniques that can be used to reduce the amount of time needed to run block diagram simulations. The first is automatic code generation techniques used to create simulation exe cutables from graphical block diagram models. A number of alternative techniques are studied, highlighting increases in simulation speed that can be achieved at the expense of intera ctivity with the graphical model. This paper will discuss at which stages of modeling and simulation code generation should be considered. The second technique that is studied is the use of computing clusters to distribute a number of simulation runs across a number of processors. With the advent of the multicore processor this technique has become a ccessible to many more engineers than in the past.