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Does a simulation strain computer resources?

April 26, 2017Computer Resources simulation strain

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Does a simulation strain computer resources?

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No! Only portions of a model’s data are held in memory at any one time. Computer resource requirements are modest, even when running simulations on decades of ‘tick by tick’ data. Models are evaluated one bar at a time, and only the data currently required by the model is held in memory.