Usage ----- After installing the pyropython package, it can be used from the command line as follows :: pyropython config.yml plot_pyro config.yml The first command runs the main parameter identification program and the latter command plots the results. The config.yml file is a yaml-based configuration file. Below is a minimal example of a configuration file :: pyropython config.yml The config.yml file is a yaml-based configuration file. Below is a minimal example of a configuration file .. code-block:: yaml num_jobs: 2 # number of parallel jobs max_iter: 1 # maximum number of iterations num_points: 2 # How many points explored per iteration num_initial: 10 # Number of points in initial design initial_design: lhs # lines startting with hash (#) are comments fds_command: path/to/executable variables: logA: [4.0,14.0] E: [100000.0, 500000.0] simulation: MASS20: fname: 'birch_tga_1step_20_tga.csv' dep_col_name: 'Mass' ind_col_name: 'Temp' experiment: MASS20: fname: 'birch_tga_20_exp.csv' dep_col_name: 'Mass' ind_col_name: 'Temp' templates: ["birch_tga_1step_20.fds"] In addition to the above configuration file, the tamplate file "birch_tga_1step_20.fds" needs to exist in the same directory as the config.yml file. The template files are `Jinja2`_ templates that produce input files for FDS (or any other simulator that accepts text based input.). Below is an example of a configuration file that could be used with the above input. .. _Jinja2: http://jinja.pocoo.org/docs/2.10/ :: &HEAD CHID='birch_tga_1step_20', TITLE='TGA TEST of evaporation' / &MESH IJK=3,1,4, XB=-2,2,-0.5,0.5,0,1 / &TIME T_END=2400., WALL_INCREMENT=1, DT=1.0 / &RADI NUMBER_RADIATION_ANGLES = 20 / &REAC FUEL='METHANE', C=1, H=4, CRITICAL_FLAME_TEMPERATURE=2000. / No gas phase reaction &SPEC ID='WATER VAPOR' / &VENT XB = -1,1,-0.5,0.5,0.0,0.0, SURF_ID = 'SAMPLE' / &SURF ID = 'SAMPLE' RGB =200,100,0 BACKING = 'INSULATED' THICKNESS = 0.00001 HEAT_TRANSFER_COEFFICIENT = 0. TGA_ANALYSIS=.TRUE. TGA_HEATING_RATE = 20. TGA_FINAL_TEMPERATURE = 800. MATL_ID(1,1) = 'BIRCH', MATL_ID(1,2) = 'MOISTURE' MATL_MASS_FRACTION(1,:) = 0.9875,0.0125/ &MATL ID = 'MOISTURE' EMISSIVITY = 1.0 DENSITY = 1000. CONDUCTIVITY = 0.6 SPECIFIC_HEAT = 4.19 N_REACTIONS = 1 A = 1E13 E = 1e5 N_S = 1 SPEC_ID = 'WATER VAPOR' NU_SPEC = 1.0 HEAT_OF_REACTION= 2260. / &MATL ID = 'BIRCH' EMISSIVITY = 1.0 DENSITY = 550. CONDUCTIVITY = 0.20 SPECIFIC_HEAT = 1.34 N_REACTIONS = 1 A = {{A**logA}} E = {{E}} N_S = 1.0 SPEC_ID = 'METHANE' NU_SPEC = 0.835 MATL_ID = 'CHAR' NU_MATL = 0.165 HEAT_OF_REACTION= 218. HEAT_OF_COMBUSTION = 40000.0 / &MATL ID = 'CHAR' EMISSIVITY = 1.0 DENSITY = 140. CONDUCTIVITY = 0.09 SPECIFIC_HEAT = 1.1 / &TAIL / Note that the pre-exponentiation factor is transformed in to logarithmic scale, by setting {{10**logA}} in the input file. The operator "**" stands for power in the Python programming language and the statement "10**logA" means "10 to the power of logA".