Appeal 2006-3421
Application 09/751,889
Appellants have invented a simulator and a simulator method in which
a future-forecasting scenario verifies a state that a system does not satisfy a
predetermined performance standard in the future based on the execution of
a simulation of a model system, and in which a design-supporting scenario
verifies a state that the system satisfies the predetermined performance
standard based on the execution of the simulation of the model system. The
simulator and the simulator method execute one of (1) a simulation
corresponding to the future-forecasting scenario using parameters of the
design-supporting scenario indicating that the system satisfies the
predetermined performance standard, or (2) a simulation of the design-
supporting scenario using parameters of the future-forecasting scenario
indicating that the system does not satisfy the predetermined performance
standard in the future.
Claim 1 is representative of the claims on appeal, and it reads as
follows:
1. A simulator comprising:
a model preparation unit that prepares a model corresponding to a
system to be simulated;
a future-forecasting scenario preparation unit that prepares a future-
forecasting scenario for verifying a state that said system does not satisfy a
predetermined performance standard in the future, based on a result of
executing a simulation of the model;
a design-supporting scenario preparation unit that prepares a design-
supporting scenario for verifying a state that said system satisfies the
predetermined performance standard, based on a result of executing a
simulation of the model; and
2
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