Reproducible computational experiments using SCons

Example experiments

The main SConstruct commands defined in our reproducible research environment are collected in Table 1.

Fetch(data_file,dir[,ftp_server_info])

A rule to download $<$data_file$>$ from a specific directory $<$dir$>$ of an FTP server $<$ftp_server_info$>$.

Flow(target[s],source[s],command[s][,stdin][,stdout])

A rule to generate $<$target[s]$>$ from $<$source[s]$>$ using command[s]

Plot(intermediate_plot[,source],plot_command) or

Plot(intermediate_plot,intermediate_plots,combination)

A rule to generate $<$intermediate_plot$>$ in the working directory.

Result(plot[,source],plot_command) or

Result(plot,intermediate_plots,combination)

A rule to generate a final $<$plot$>$ in the special Fig folder of the working directory.

End()

A rule to collect default targets.

Table 1. Basic methods of an rsf.proj object.

These commands are defined in $RSFROOT/lib/rsfproj.py where RSFROOT is the environmental variable to the Madagascar installation directory. The source of this file is in python/rsfproj.py.

Reproducible computational experiments using SCons