def METHOD_NAME(self):
    """
    Start statistics collection
    """
    if self._started:
        return
    self._started = True
    if self._capture_logs:
        # install the stream patches if not done yet
        if not self._buffer_registry:
            self._install_stream_patches()
        self._buffer_registry[id(self)] = self._io_buffer
    # Start thread to asynchronously collect statistics
    self._th_collector.METHOD_NAME()