SimulationAlgorithm

class SimulationAlgorithm(*args)

Base class for simulation algorithms.

See also

ProbabilitySimulationAlgorithm, ExpectationSimulationAlgorithm

Methods

getBlockSize()	Accessor to the block size.
getClassName()	Accessor to the object’s name.
getConvergenceStrategy()	Accessor to the convergence strategy.
getId()	Accessor to the object’s id.
getMaximumCoefficientOfVariation()	Accessor to the maximum coefficient of variation.
getMaximumOuterSampling()	Accessor to the maximum sample size.
getMaximumStandardDeviation()	Accessor to the maximum standard deviation.
getName()	Accessor to the object’s name.
getShadowedId()	Accessor to the object’s shadowed id.
getVerbose()	Accessor to verbosity.
getVisibility()	Accessor to the object’s visibility state.
hasName()	Test if the object is named.
hasVisibleName()	Test if the object has a distinguishable name.
run()	Launch simulation.
setBlockSize(blockSize)	Accessor to the block size.
setConvergenceStrategy(convergenceStrategy)	Accessor to the convergence strategy.
setMaximumCoefficientOfVariation(…)	Accessor to the maximum coefficient of variation.
setMaximumOuterSampling(maximumOuterSampling)	Accessor to the maximum sample size.
setMaximumStandardDeviation(…)	Accessor to the maximum standard deviation.
setName(name)	Accessor to the object’s name.
setProgressCallback(*args)	Set up a progress callback.
setShadowedId(id)	Accessor to the object’s shadowed id.
setStopCallback(*args)	Set up a stop callback.
setVerbose(verbose)	Accessor to verbosity.
setVisibility(visible)	Accessor to the object’s visibility state.

__init__(*args)

Initialize self. See help(type(self)) for accurate signature.

getBlockSize()

Accessor to the block size.

Returns

blockSizeint

Number of terms in the probability simulation estimator grouped together. It is set by default to 1.

getClassName()

Accessor to the object’s name.

Returns

class_namestr

The object class name (object.__class__.__name__).

getConvergenceStrategy()

Accessor to the convergence strategy.

Returns

storage_strategyHistoryStrategy

Storage strategy used to store the values of the probability estimator and its variance during the simulation algorithm.

getId()

Accessor to the object’s id.

Returns

idint

Internal unique identifier.

getMaximumCoefficientOfVariation()

Accessor to the maximum coefficient of variation.

Returns

coefficientfloat

Maximum coefficient of variation of the simulated sample.

getMaximumOuterSampling()

Accessor to the maximum sample size.

Returns

outerSamplingint

Maximum number of groups of terms in the probability simulation estimator.

getMaximumStandardDeviation()

Accessor to the maximum standard deviation.

Returns

sigmafloat,

Maximum standard deviation of the estimator.

getName()

Accessor to the object’s name.

Returns

namestr

The name of the object.

getShadowedId()

Accessor to the object’s shadowed id.

Returns

idint

Internal unique identifier.

getVerbose()

Accessor to verbosity.

Returns

verbosity_enabledbool

If True, the computation is verbose. By default it is verbose.

getVisibility()

Accessor to the object’s visibility state.

Returns

visiblebool

Visibility flag.

hasName()

Test if the object is named.

Returns

hasNamebool

True if the name is not empty.

hasVisibleName()

Test if the object has a distinguishable name.

Returns

hasVisibleNamebool

True if the name is not empty and not the default one.

run()

Launch simulation.

See also

setBlockSize, setMaximumOuterSampling, ResourceMap, SimulationResult

Notes

It launches the simulation on a sample of size at most outerSampling * blockSize, this sample being built by blocks of size blockSize. It allows to use efficiently the distribution of the computation as well as it allows to deal with a sample size by a combination of blockSize and outerSampling.

setBlockSize(blockSize)

Accessor to the block size.

Parameters

blockSizeint,

Number of terms in the probability simulation estimator grouped together. It is set by default to 1.

Notes

For Monte Carlo, LHS and Importance Sampling methods, this allows to save space while allowing multithreading, when available we recommend to use the number of available CPUs; for the Directional Sampling, we recommend to set it to 1.

setConvergenceStrategy(convergenceStrategy)

Accessor to the convergence strategy.

Parameters

storage_strategyHistoryStrategy

Storage strategy used to store the values of the probability estimator and its variance during the simulation algorithm.

setMaximumCoefficientOfVariation(maximumCoefficientOfVariation)

Accessor to the maximum coefficient of variation.

Parameters

coefficientfloat

Maximum coefficient of variation of the simulated sample.

setMaximumOuterSampling(maximumOuterSampling)

Accessor to the maximum sample size.

Parameters

outerSamplingint

Maximum number of groups of terms in the probability simulation estimator.

setMaximumStandardDeviation(maximumStandardDeviation)

Accessor to the maximum standard deviation.

Parameters

sigmafloat,

Maximum standard deviation of the estimator.

setName(name)

Accessor to the object’s name.

Parameters

namestr

The name of the object.

setProgressCallback(*args)

Set up a progress callback.

Can be used to programmatically report the progress of a simulation.

Parameters

callbackcallable

Takes a float as argument as percentage of progress.

Examples

>>> import sys
>>> import openturns as ot
>>> experiment = ot.MonteCarloExperiment()
>>> X = ot.RandomVector(ot.Normal())
>>> Y = ot.CompositeRandomVector(ot.SymbolicFunction(['X'], ['1.1*X']), X)
>>> event = ot.ThresholdEvent(Y, ot.Less(), -2.0)
>>> algo = ot.ProbabilitySimulationAlgorithm(event, experiment)
>>> algo.setMaximumOuterSampling(100)
>>> algo.setMaximumCoefficientOfVariation(-1.0)
>>> def report_progress(progress):
...     sys.stderr.write('-- progress=' + str(progress) + '%\n')
>>> algo.setProgressCallback(report_progress)
>>> algo.run()

setShadowedId(id)

Accessor to the object’s shadowed id.

Parameters

idint

Internal unique identifier.

setStopCallback(*args)

Set up a stop callback.

Can be used to programmatically stop a simulation.

Parameters

callbackcallable

Returns an int deciding whether to stop or continue.

Examples

Stop a Monte Carlo simulation algorithm using a time limit

>>> import openturns as ot
>>> experiment = ot.MonteCarloExperiment()
>>> X = ot.RandomVector(ot.Normal())
>>> Y = ot.CompositeRandomVector(ot.SymbolicFunction(['X'], ['1.1*X']), X)
>>> event = ot.ThresholdEvent(Y, ot.Less(), -2.0)
>>> algo = ot.ProbabilitySimulationAlgorithm(event, experiment)
>>> algo.setMaximumOuterSampling(10000000)
>>> algo.setMaximumCoefficientOfVariation(-1.0)
>>> timer = ot.TimerCallback(0.1)
>>> algo.setStopCallback(timer)
>>> algo.run()

setVerbose(verbose)

Accessor to verbosity.

Parameters

verbosity_enabledbool

If True, make the computation verbose. By default it is verbose.

setVisibility(visible)

Accessor to the object’s visibility state.

Parameters

visiblebool

Visibility flag.