EventSimulation

class EventSimulation(*args)

Base class for sampling methods.

Available constructor:

EventSimulation(event, verbose=True, convergenceStrategy=ot.Compact())

Parameters
eventRandomVector

The event we are computing the probability of.

verbosebool

If True, make the computation verbose.

convergenceStrategyHistoryStrategy

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

See also

SimulationResult

Notes

Base class for sampling methods, using the probability distribution of a random vector \vect{X} to evaluate the failure probability:

P_f = \int_{\Rset^{n_X}} \mathbf{1}_{\{g(\ux,\underline{d}) \leq 0 \}}f_{\uX}(\ux)\di{\ux}
    = \Prob{g\left( \vect{X},\vect{d} \right) \leq 0}

Here, \vect{X} is a random vector, \vect{d} a deterministic vector, g(\vect{X},\vect{d}) the function known as limit state function which enables the definition of the event \cD_f = \{\vect{X} \in \Rset^n \, | \, g(\vect{X},\vect{d}) \le 0\}. \mathbf{1}_{ \left\{ g(\vect{x}_i,\vect{d}) \leq 0 \right\} } describes the indicator function equal to 1 if g(\vect{x}_i,\vect{d}) \leq 0 and equal to 0 otherwise.

The EventSimulation object provides a generic simulation service for non-composite events, and its derived classes provide dedicated algorithms:

Methods

drawProbabilityConvergence(*args)

Draw the probability convergence at a given level.

getBlockSize()

Accessor to the block size.

getClassName()

Accessor to the object's name.

getConvergenceStrategy()

Accessor to the convergence strategy.

getEvent()

Accessor to the event.

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.

getResult()

Accessor to the results.

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)
drawProbabilityConvergence(*args)

Draw the probability convergence at a given level.

Parameters
levelfloat, optional

The probability convergence is drawn at this given confidence length level. By default level is 0.95.

Returns
grapha Graph

probability convergence graph

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.

getEvent()

Accessor to the event.

Returns
eventRandomVector

Event we want to evaluate the probability.

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, \sigma > 0

Maximum standard deviation of the estimator.

getName()

Accessor to the object’s name.

Returns
namestr

The name of the object.

getResult()

Accessor to the results.

Returns
resultsSimulationResult

Structure containing all the results obtained after simulation and created by the method run().

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.

Notes

It launches the simulation and creates a SimulationResult, structure containing all the results obtained after simulation. It computes the probability of occurence of the given event by computing the empirical mean of 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 > 2^{32} by a combination of blockSize and outerSampling.

setBlockSize(blockSize)

Accessor to the block size.

Parameters
blockSizeint, blockSize \geq 1

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, \sigma > 0

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.