sim_specs

Used to specify the simulation function, its inputs and outputs, and user data:

sim_specs: [dict]:

    'sim_f' [func]:
        the simulation function being evaluated
    'in' [list]:
        field names (as strings) to be given to sim_f by alloc_f
    'persis_in' [list]:
        field names (as strings) that will be given back to a persistent sim_f
    'out' [list of tuples (field name, data type, [size])]:
        sim_f outputs to be stored in the libEnsemble history
    'user' [dict, optional]:
        Data structure to contain problem specific constants and/or input data

Note

• The entirety of sim_specs is passed from the worker each time a simulation is requested by the allocation function.

• The tuples in sim_specs['out'] are entered into the manager’s history array.

See also

• test_uniform_sampling.py has a sim_specs that declares the name of the 'in' field variable, 'x' (as specified by the corresponding generator 'out' field 'x' from the gen_specs example). Only the field name is required in sim_specs['in'].

sim_specs = {
    "sim_f": six_hump_camel,  # Function whose output is being minimized
    "in": ["x"],  # Keys to be given to sim_f
    "out": [("f", float)],  # Name of the outputs from sim_f
}

• run_libe_forces.py has a longer sim_specs declaration with a number of user-specific fields. These are given to the corresponding sim_f, which can be found at forces_simf.py.

    "sim_f": run_forces,  # Function whose output is being minimized
    "in": ["x"],  # Name of input for sim_f
    "out": [("energy", float)],  # Name, type of output from sim_f
    "user": {
        "keys": ["seed"],
        "cores": 2,
        "sim_particles": 1e3,
        "sim_timesteps": 5,
        "sim_kill_minutes": 10.0,
        "particle_variance": 0.2,
        "kill_rate": 0.5,
        "fail_on_sim": False,
        "fail_on_submit": False,  # Won't occur if 'fail_on_sim' True
    },
}