# Rate of change of dynamic variable

I have made a program that goes like this, the goal is to estimate the remaining time of a function (it is running a bunch of solveChase[] functions with different parameters which can be seen in the best answer of this question):

count=0;
count2=0;
precision=100;

Table[
{
Do[{
Somefunction[var],
count2++
},
{precision}
];
count2=0;
count++;
},
{i,3},
{i,3}
]


If in another cell I put:

Print[Dynamic@Round[100 (precision count + count2)/(precision max1 max2),.01], "%" ];


(which shows the percentage of all the process, from 0 to 100%)

That value will change, but because of SomeFunction[var] (a NDSolve result which its running time depends on i and j) not in a linear way.

It has different rates of change in some parts, so it has a velocity which is not constant and can be calculated.

This is a example(sorry for bad quality):

My guess is to insert another variable t, which depends on time, and then do something with it, but I don't know how to do it.

Any help will be appreciated.

• "It has different rates of change in some parts, so it has a velocity which is not constant and can be calculated." : If you are able to calculate the time needed for each calculation the problem is trivial, isn't it? Jan 29, 2014 at 12:13
• Jan 29, 2014 at 12:14
• @belisarius Yeah you are right, but I have noticed that the rate of change is diferent, not mathematica, I don't know how to do it, so the problem now is to find the time needed for each calculation. Jan 29, 2014 at 12:19
• Jan 29, 2014 at 13:09

n = 10; {a, b} = {0, 0};
somefun[i_, j_] := (Pause[i/40]; Pause[j/80]; i + j)
estimatedTime[i_, j_] := i/40 + j/80
totalTime = Sum[estimatedTime[i, j], {i, n}, {j, n}];

timeUpToij[h_, k_] := Sum[estimatedTime[i, j], {i, h}, {j, n}] -
Sum[estimatedTime[h, j], {j, k + 1, n}]

Dynamic@ProgressIndicator[timeUpToij[a, b]/totalTime]
Table[({a, b} = {i, j}; somefun[i, j]), {i, n}, {j, n}]


• If I run this code, I get a ProgressIndicator which runs on a "random" way, which is similar to the example. I'm actually trying to calculate the calculating speed at any time t Jan 29, 2014 at 13:05
• @Arcotick You need to fill in estimatedTime[] with YOUR estimated time Jan 29, 2014 at 13:07
• By the way, how did you take a photo of the output cell? Jan 29, 2014 at 13:07
• But what if I don't know the estimated time? it can any number bigger than 0. Do I need to calculate the timing of that function and then multiply it by the steps? Jan 29, 2014 at 13:10
• @Arcotick You can't make a linear progress indicator if you can't estimate the time, sorry Jan 29, 2014 at 13:22

Unless you know the run-time for each invocation of your function in advance it is not possible to display progress (in terms of time).

You can estimate the time remaining using (1-f)(t-t0)/f where f is the fraction of invocations so far, t is the current time and t0 is the start time.

As a simple example, first set-up an approximate remaining-time estimate display:

Dynamic[(iMax/count - 1) (AbsoluteTime[] - t0)]


Then run the "calculation":

iMax = 100;
count = 0;
t0 = AbsoluteTime[];
Table[count++;Pause[RandomReal[{0.1, 0.3}]];i, {i, iMax}]


Replace Pause[...];i with your calculation.