Patent ID: 8468005
Filing Date: 2013-06-18
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method, in a data processing system comprising at least one processor and at least one memory, for controlling a fidelity of a simulation of a system, comprising: receiving, by the data processing system, a model of the system, wherein the model of the system comprises a plurality of individual components of the system; assigning, by the data processing system, a component in the plurality of individual components to be a fidelity center, wherein the fidelity center has a highest possible associated fidelity value; assigning, by the data processing system, a fidelity value to each other component in the plurality of individual components based on an affinity of the other component to the fidelity center; simulating, by the data processing system, the system based on assigned fidelity values to the components in the plurality of individual components; and generating a representation of the model of the system, wherein the representation of the model of the system is a mesh of nodes and links between nodes, wherein each node represents a component in the plurality of individual components, the links between nodes represent at least one of physical or logical connections between the nodes, and wherein each link between nodes in the mesh of nodes has an associated weight value for weighting a determination of affinity of nodes connected by the link.