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Scientific Visualization, 2022, volume 14, number 4, pages 12 - 23, DOI: 10.26583/sv.14.4.02

Generalized Computational Experiment State Analysis Using Three-Dimensional Visual Maps

Authors: A.A.  Zakharova1,À,Â, D.A.  Korostelyov2,A, C, A.G.  Podvesovskii3,A, C, A.E.  Bondarev4,A, V.A.  Galaktionov5,A

A Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics RAS

B Institute of Control Sciences RAS

C Bryansk State Technical University

1 ORCID: 0000-0003-4221-7710, zaawmail@gmail.com

2 ORCID: 0000-0002-0853-7940, nigm85@mail.ru

3 ORCID: 0000-0002-1118-3266, apodv@tu-bryansk.ru

4 ORCID: 0000-0003-3681-5212, bond@keldysh.ru

5 ORCID: 0000-0001-6460-7539, vlgal@gin.keldysh.ru

 

Abstract

The paper continues a series of publications of the authors’ research materials in the field of developing an approach to dynamic planning and control of a generalized computational experiment based on visualization methods and visual analytics. A generalized computational experiment involves multiple solution of a numerical simulation problem for different sets of values of model defining parameters, which makes it possible to obtain a solution immediately for a certain class of mathematical modeling problems specified in a multidimensional parameter space. The paper considers an extension of the existing authors’ approach to analysis of a generalized computational experiment state using visual maps, based on visualization metaphors that can display not only individual images but also their relationships. A method is proposed for constructing visual maps of a generalized computational experiment focused on visualizing relationships between single computational experiments in three-dimensional space. The method is based on the mechanism of formalization of the relationships between single computational experiments, as well as the concept of a graph model visualization metaphor that defines a visual map prototype. A description is given of a software system for constructing and analyzing three-dimensional visual maps of a generalized computational experiment. The paper also considers examples of its application in estimating the accuracy of numerical models of the OpenFOAM software platform for a three-dimensional problem of inviscid flow around a cone.

 

Keywords: generalized computational experiment, generalized computational experiment state, generalized computational experiment control, visualization, visual map, visual map prototype, graph model, graph visualization, visualization metaphor, problem of flow around a cone, OpenFOAM.