[SciPy-User] Simulations
David Goldsmith
d.l.goldsmith at gmail.com
Thu Oct 8 17:15:15 EDT 2009
Probably wise, but then Cesar's comment about being careful about what you
advertise applies.
DG
On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 12:34 AM, cool-RR <cool-rr at cool-rr.com> wrote:
> Hey Cesar and David,
> I thought about this and I think I better stick to the "Do one thing well"
> principle for now. Thanks for the insight though.
>
> Ram.
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 9:23 PM, Cesar Koers <ckoers at telenet.be> wrote:
>
>> Hi Ram,
>>
>>
>> A specific type of time domain solver for electromagnetics is e.g. TDFD
>> = time domain finite difference. It is based on discretizing Maxwell
>> equations in time & space
>>
>> But the Maxwell equations can also be expressed in the frequency domain
>> (thus for every frequency instead of every time instant). This leads to
>> FDFD = frequency domain finite difference.
>>
>> Other kinds of models, like based on finite elements (FE) can also be
>> developed in the frequency domain.
>>
>> Perhaps you're now thinking that your 'step function' would still work
>> in the frequency domain (response at frequency f_{i+} as a function of
>> response at frequency f_i), but this doesn't work (to my knowledge)
>> because it requires that the system is modeled by differential equations
>> in the frequency domain (haven't encountered this before)
>>
>>
>> Ah and some other 'bureaucracy' features:
>> * tracking time spent / calculating time remaining till end
>> * refining/coarsening time step to improve accuracy/reduce simulation
>> time respectively
>>
>> best regards
>>
>> C
>>
>>
>> cool-RR wrote:
>> > Hey Cesar,
>> >
>> > Your comments are interesting.
>> >
>> > Can you explain to me a bit about frequency domain simulations? Can you
>> > give an example of a simulation simulating a real world process?
>> >
>> > I agree that GarlicSim must handle the bureaucracy well, as its job is
>> > to let the user write a simulation with as little bureaucracy as
>> possible.
>> >
>> > P.S. I registered garlicsim.org <http://garlicsim.org> and it is now
>> the
>> > main domain.
>> >
>> > Ram.
>> >
>> > On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 9:11 PM, Cesar Koers <ckoers at telenet.be
>> > <mailto:ckoers at telenet.be>> wrote:
>> >
>> > Hi Ram,
>> >
>> >
>> > I quickly read through your intro doc, I think you've explained your
>> > idea quite well.
>> >
>> > One remarks though: I think your framework would fit well to
>> time-domain
>> > (transient) models. But at this moment I don't see how you could
>> cast a
>> > frequency domain simulation (commonly used in EM solvers) in it. I'd
>> be
>> > careful with the idea that 'all simulations' fit into this.
>> >
>> > What I think is key to success of this kind of framework is how well
>> it
>> > handles the 'bureaucracy' of performing simulations (and speed, but
>> > you've already mentioned that the actual number crunching is up to
>> the
>> > user of the GarlicSim). With this, I mean the boring stuff, like
>> e.g.:
>> >
>> > * keeping track of which parameters vary between simulations
>> > * extracting data from a set of simulations as a function of one of
>> > these parameters
>> > * storing (and backing up) simulation results without taking up too
>> much
>> > space and needing to invent unique and descriptive file names
>> > * being able to redo a simulation (storing simulation parameters
>> with
>> > results)
>> > * making simulation reports
>> > * comparing results with real-world data
>> > * for long simulations, being able to continue simulation after a
>> crash
>> >
>> > Just my 2 cents
>> >
>> > Best regards
>> >
>> > C
>> >
>> >
>> > cool-RR wrote:
>> > > Hello,
>> > >
>> > > This is not directly related to SciPy; I'm posting it here
>> because I
>> > > figure that there may be people here who know the scientific
>> > computing
>> > > world enough to help me with my question.
>> > >
>> > > I've been working on an open-source scientific computing project
>> for
>> > > about 6 months now, and I've come to the conclusion that it's
>> > about time
>> > > to find other users except myself for it, so I may get valuable
>> > feedback
>> > > about which direction I should be taking this project.
>> > >
>> > > The project is called GarlicSim (http://garlicsim.com
>> > > <http://garlicsim.com/>). It's a Pythonic platform for working
>> with
>> > > simulations. You may read more about it on the webpage. In short,
>> > it's a
>> > > very general framework for creating, running and analyzing
>> > simulations.
>> > > It's not specific to any scientific field; Its role is to provide
>> a
>> > > general mold into which all simulations can be cast. If you want
>> > to know
>> > > more about it you can also read a (yet-incomplete) introduction
>> > >
>> > <
>> http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/1927707/Introduction%20to%20GarlicSim.doc>
>> > to
>> > > it.
>> > >
>> > > So what I want to know is, who would be good potential first
>> > users for
>> > > this, and how could I reach them?
>> > > I'm not even sure which scientific field I would like to target,
>> so
>> > > please suggest.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > Thanks,
>> > > Ram Rachum
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> >
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>> > Ram Rachum
>> >
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