Spatially resolved stochastic simulation system

Abstract

The present invention comprises a simulator including at least one data storage apparatus and at least one processor. The simulator further has a material property data group, a system state data group comprising geometrical data for defining a plurality of geometrical subvolumes and system condition data for each subvolume of a simulated system, an event probability data group including a plurality of event subgroups for uniquely identifying a set of events, event probabilities being associated with at least one of the geometrical subvolumes, and an event process data group including the time dependent process functions for all events which can occur in the system. These data groups and at least one functional-relationship link for correlating all of them are stored in the data storage apparatus. Thus, the material energy system can be represented by such data groups without requiring an explicit multiple dimension data structure. The processor performs a simulating process comprising the steps of: (a) computing the probability of occurrence for each of the events and determining a time step by using a total probability of occurrence for each of the events; (b) randomly selecting a simulated event for the time step and updating the system condition data group representing the system state; and (c) repeating the steps (a) and (b) until a predefined simulation end time is reached.