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==Project Description==
 
==Project Description==

Revision as of 15:34, 6 January 2014

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Key Investigators

Matt McCormick, Kitware Steve Pieper, Isomics Jim Miller, GE

Project Description

Objective

  • Many analysis algorithms have advanced parameters that must be tuned to work with given datasets.
  • Exposing all the advanced parameters in the GUI confuses a user who is only interested in applying the algorithm.
  • Exploring an algorithm parameter space is more thorough, efficient, and revealing when done programmically instead of manually in a GUI.
  • Provenance with saved parameter files is important for reproducibility.
  • The object is to allows CLI modules serialize and deserialize CLI parameters in a JSON file.
    • The CLI XML parameters can then be used for "important" or "common" parameters can be tweaked by a user.
    • Advanced parameters that deviate from the default can be stored in the file for manual or programmatic adjustment.
    • JSON is format that is concise, has good human readability and editability, and widely supported by programming languages.

Approach, Plan

Progress