SasModels Redesign Tasks

#90

Provide a way for plugin models to use the built-in polydispersity functions

#91

Port models to C++ from python

#251

Create new default category list

#294

Refactor Model Interface

#312

Problem with slit smearing

#313

Python polydispersity

#314

Default to GPU when using OpenCL

#315

Be able to set choice of device for OpenCL

#316

Autogenerate sasmodel "shims"

#317

Packaging of sasmodels (build scripts etc)

#319

sasmodels unit testing

#330

allow inf/-inf for model limits

#359

Be able to use new models from sasmodels alongside sas.models models

#361

Check all models for order of parameters being passed

#363

break OpenCL calculations into smaller chunks.

#399

GelFit model presents an erroneous parameter

#400

DAB model equation in model function help file is wrong!

#406

Porod model equation in model function help file is wrong!

#472

reparameterize Teubner-Strey

#476

autogenerate theory curves for sasmodels documentation

#484

lamellarPC is precision limited

#499

create sin(x)/x, 2*J1(x)/x and 3*j1(x)/x functions

#504

Convert model editors to support sasmodels

#505

List modules needing changing to accommodate sasmodels new structure

#506

Fix loading of models in models.py and autodiscovery

#524

category handling needs updating for sasmodels

#525

Add GUI category defaults to models in sasmodels

#530

Numerical instabilities in Teubner Strey model

#532

Handling of custom models via sasmodels

#533

Make polydispersy work in sasview with sasmodels

#534

Fitting not working in sasview with sasmodels

#536

Add multiplicity model infrastructure to sasmodels

#537

Magnetic sld not implemented for python models

#538

Need to clean out old sasmodels infrastructure from SasView

#539

build servers to build working windows exe

#540

build servers to build working mac SasView 4.0 dmg

#543

control order in which fit parameters appear in gui for easy sum/multi models

#544

control order in which fit parameters appear in gui for user supplied models

#548

Remove MutiplicationModel.py once replacement from Sasmodels is available

#650

Standardize C model names

#675

Reparameterize hollow_cylinder

#695

linear slope in onion model

#775

Orientation of stacked_discs model does not work

#776

angular dispersity

#890

use new orientation definition for asymmetric shapes

#891

update docs for oriented shapes with new orientation definition

#896

equations in core shell parallelepiped docs do not match code

#1046

convert non builtin models in the marketplace to new API

Practicalities

SasModels package code is here: ​http://github.com/SasView/sasmodels

SasView code is here: ​http://github.com/SasView/sasview

Work Plan/Tasks/Ideas?

• Start from P Kienzle sasmodels work - fork sasmodels
• Migrate models - need a checklist and progress tracking for this
  • Make "template" for a model
  • Make "standard" list of parameter names
  • Define attributes on model (form factor, structure factor, multiplicity etc)
  • Move model details to python part (parameters, docs)
  • Move scattering kernel to c part
  • Unit tests
  • Documentation
• Model packaging - how do we associate model code with images etc from docs
• Build scripts for sasmodels package
• Model discovery in sasview
• Refactor of sasview to use new package
• How to deal with model categorisation
• Cross validate against existing sas.models
• Make "simple model" system in sasview add a model in the new style
• Polydispersity for python models

Issues

• Normalization
• PqSq
• Single vs double
• Make sure model is rebuilt if c changes

Work Package Description (From Google Docs)

Simplify addition of new models

Statement of Problem to address:

Currently addition of a new model in C requires a rebuilding of the SasView? GUI application. Furthermore it requires the creation/editing of a lot of different files and is anything but straightforward making the learning curve quite steep. Finally, while a user can simply add a custom python model, that model does not have access to the necessary polydispersity calculation. Also not clear how the python model code can call a C model (to enhance for example). Making the addition of a C model simple and allowing python model to work properly with polydispersity would have a HUGE impact. New models are probably the single most important thing for the user community and with this change model addition can be removed from the core developer group tasks to being something instrument scientists and power user can do.

This is mostly an underlying computational framework project but also requires tying into existing GUI.

Goal/scope of project: Define and implement a clean C plugin interface that allows dropping a new C based model onto disk that can be discovered live by SasView?. If at all possible allow python models to have access to polydispersity code.

Design Requirements:

• Adding a new model in C (for speed) should consist of writing only one file and may possibly require compiling of the model into a shared library file (how does one handle multiple platforms?) (Should SasView? compile the models?)
• Adding a new model in C or python consists of dropping the appropriate file into the models directory for discovery by the running application (not GUI bits at this point — applications can send to GUI bits)
• GUI must update available models while running
• Polydispersity treated properly for constrained/simultaneous
• Accessible Attributes for S(Q), multiplicity, etc
• Compatible with multiprocessing
• Minor requirement
  • All models should be treated the same (custom, python, “built-in” etc.)
• Optional requirement
  • Would also be nice if python models can access polydispersity

Tasks:

• Come up with and propose design that meets these needs with minimum “intrusion”
• Document Tasks required to achieve full integration with above design - should be at a level that a new person could take on the tasks including code snippets as necessary.
• Decision
• Implementation
• Refactor model code as per design above
• Create/write discovery process in SasView? fitting so that computational code updates list of known models to use in fitting
• Create link to SasView? GUI so that GUI also updates models available to GUI users while running