Apparatus and methods for dynamic simulation event triggering
US6473772B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 17, 1998 |
| Grant date | Oct 29, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 17, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S707/99948
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and apparatus for dynamically driving events in a simulation of a data processing system are implemented. Events, or system states, are generated by drivers located at predetermined locations within the simulation model under test.These events, which are drawn from a predetermined class of events, termed “effects,” are driven in response to other events observed by monitors disposed within the simulation model in accordance with a predetermined set of “causes,” and a set of “rules” that map causes to effects. The driving of events is mediated by a library process that receives observed events from the monitors, in the form of data structures, stored them in a database, and passes the effects to be driven to the appropriate driver in accordance with the set of rules, also data structures stored in the database, when a cause corresponds to a observed event.
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