Method and system for optimizing execution of a collection of related module sequences by eliminating redundant modules

摘要

A method and system for optimizing the execution of a collection of related modules by eliminating redundant modules from the collection. The collection of modules represent a set of related simulation experiments and are organized as generations of related module sequences having execution interdependencies. The method eliminates redundant modules in the collection by redefining execution interdependencies among the modules. Groups of equivalent modules are formed by comparing the modules within each generation to each other to determine which modules are equivalent. Modules having equivalent execution prerequisites and which will produce the same output given the same input are considered equivalent. In each group of equivalent modules, a single "target" module is selected to substitute for the others in the module execution sequences, and execution interdependencies are redefined to effect the substitution.