ACT-R BOINC Process (Client)

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[edit] ACT-R BOINC Main Application

• ACT-R BOINC Applications contain the follow files
  • Compressed version of Lisp
  • Compressed verison of ACT-R
  • Task, Model and data files for the experiment
  • jobInfo.xml
  • ACT-R Work Unit
• After parsing the jobInfo.xml and ACT-R Work Unit files::
  • Create actr-boinc-wrapper.cl
• Run actr-boinc-wrapper.cl in side of a lisp sub process
• Call WatchDog with current process id and lisp sub process id
• Wait for lisp to complete
• send back results

[edit] Lisp Sub Process

actr-boinc-wrapper.cl

• After every parameter is complete
  • Concatenate results to the output file
  • Update percent complete with new output file size

[edit] ACT-R BOINC Graphics Application

• ACT-R BOINC Application recieves an ACT-R Work Unit
• Checks shared memory for percent complete
• Draws a 3-D Brain after parsing the brain activation file