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Runtime API - multiple runs [closed]

asked 2020-09-02 13:25:13 -0600

Sergio Ortiz's avatar

updated 2020-10-08 12:16:27 -0600

Hi all,

I am working on integrating E+ with OpenAI Gym to train reinforcement learning agents. When using the new runtime API, I am getting an error when trying to run multiple simulations. image description

The documentation says to run clear_callbacks before making multiple runs - but it doesn't make any effect.

Some people ran the simulation in a different process and communicated through pipes but I would like to use new API callback features to simplify the process.

Any hint about what is going on?

Thanks in advance,

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Closed for the following reason question is not relevant or outdated by Sergio Ortiz
close date 2020-09-06 05:53:57.191497

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Are you running these simulations in parallel?

I am doing RL work too, one simulation at a time on my CPU. And I would like to run multiple simulations at once to speed up training and tuning.

mechyai's avatar mechyai  ( 2022-03-14 17:15:26 -0600 )edit

Yes. With more recent E+ versions I don't get further errors caused by threading.

Sergio Ortiz's avatar Sergio Ortiz  ( 2022-03-25 13:04:01 -0600 )edit

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answered 2020-09-06 05:53:34 -0600

Sergio Ortiz's avatar

After updating to version EnergyPlus 9.4.0 IO Freeze, I notice the runtime API has changed introducing a new StateManager. Using this version and adapting the code, the issue disappears.

Hope this helps

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