CHARACTERIZATION OF GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF NUMERICAL SIMULATION RESULTS

摘要

Methods of characterizing or classifying graphical representation of numerical simulation results are disclosed. A training database is created in a computer system by including a plurality of graphical representations of respective results obtained from a plurality of numerical simulations. Each graphical representation is associated with a textual description of a pertinent feature related to the numerical simulations by user. A quality index with respect to the associated textual description is calculated for each graphical representation by application module using an autocorrelation technique of correlating all graphical representations with one another in the training database. A new graphical representation obtained from another numerical simulation can then be characterized with one of the textual descriptions and a corresponding confidence score by comparing the new graphical representation with all graphical representations in the training database. The training database may be improved by adding or removing appropriate graphical representations in accordance with predefined criteria.