[Halla12_software] SoLID Software Meeting on Thursday at 2pm 03/26 Room-B101

[rsholmes at syr.edu]

Also: Needs discussion about merging signal and background hits.

On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 10:15 AM, rsholmes at syr.edu <rsholmes at syr.edu> wrote:

> A few reactions:
>
> - Weighted generators are problematic for some studies. They distort
> distributions of secondaries. Uniform generators should be available.
>
> - Information needed to replicate a run could be either in the output file
> or in an unambiguous, immutable other location — or a combination of both.
> As was pointed out in the meeting, we might not want to write e.g. field
> maps to every output file. But neither do we want to have the field map in
> a database table that any user can later delete or modify. Some kind of
> database to which users can add information, but not delete or modify it,
> would be preferred, I think, for "standard" configurations, and then
> deviations from standard configurations, as well as run options etc.
> (command line and gcard, in GEMC terms), ought to be in the output file
> itself.
>
> - We should consider carefully, if there is a centralized database, how to
> make and use local mirrors. At times the JLab connection is interrupted and
> offsite work comes to a halt if the complete, up to date database
> information is not available locally.
>
> (Our database needs remind me of a version control system. Add new
> information, but old information is preserved; central repository and local
> copies; etc.)
>
> - We should talk about installation. My experience has been that
> installing GEMC offsite, with its long list of dependencies, has almost
> every time been plagued with difficulties. Remoll was easy. What design
> decisions can be made to minimize installation headaches?
>
> - We need to think more about what data we want in the output and how to
> organize it.
>
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 9:29 AM, Rakitha Sanjeewa Beminiwattha <
> rakithab at jlab.org> wrote:
>
>>  Hello,
>> I have added a document listing SoLID simulation requirements based on
>> discussions we had so far during our software meetings.
>>
>> The document is linked at
>> https://hallaweb.jlab.org/wiki/index.php/SoLID_Software_idea
>>
>>  Rakitha Beminiwattha
>> (Research Associate)
>> office F386
>> 12000 Jefferson ave
>> Suite # 5
>> Newport News, Va 23606
>> Tel No. 757 269 6453
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> - Richard S. Holmes
>   Physics Department
>   Syracuse University
>   Syracuse, NY 13244
>   315-443-5977
>



-- 
- Richard S. Holmes
  Physics Department
  Syracuse University
  Syracuse, NY 13244
  315-443-5977
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