Batch Criteria

See Batch Criteria for a thorough explanation of batch criteria, but the short version is that they are the core of SIERRA–how to get it to DO stuff for you. The following batch criteria are defined which can be used with any Project.

System Population Size

Changing the system size to investigate behavior across scales within a static arena size (i.e., variable density). Systems are homogeneous.

Cmdline Syntax

population_size.{model}{N}[.C{cardinality}]

  • model - The population size model to use.

    • Log - Population sizes for each experiment are distributed 1…N by powers of 2.

    • Linear - Population sizes for each experiment are distributed linearly between 1…N, split evenly into 10 different sizes.

  • N - The maximum population size.

  • cardinality - If the model is Linear, then this can be used to specify how many experiments to generate; i.e, it defines the size of the linear increment. Defaults to 10 if omitted.

Examples

  • population_size.Log1024: Static population sizes 1…1024

  • population_size.Linear1000: Static population sizes 100…1000 (10)

  • population_size.Linear3.C3: Static population sizes 1…3 (3)

  • population_size.Linear10.C2: Static population sizes 5…10 (2)