Visualization
We provide a Web interface for visualizing the execution of a sequential Monte Carlo algorithm, based on contributions from Maddy Bowers and Jacob Hoover.
First, update your model to support visualization by implementing the string_for_serialization
method.
Return a string that summarizes the particle's current state.
To run the interface, change to the html
directory and run python -m http.server
. This will start serving
the files in the html
directory at localhost:8000. (If you are SSH-ing onto a remote machine, you may need
port forwarding. Visual Studio Code automatically handles this for some ports, including 8000.)
Then, when calling smc_standard
, set visualization_dir
to the path to the html
directory. A JSON record of the run will automatically be saved
to that directory, and a URL will be printed to the console (http://localhost:8000/smc.html?path=$json_file
).