ropt 0.1.3

The ropt ensemble optimizer module

ropt

ropt is a Python module for running robust optimization workflows.

ropt is developed by the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO). All files in this repository are released under the GNU General Public License v3.0 (a copy is provided in the LICENSE file).

Detailed documentation and examples can be found in the online manual.

Dependencies

ropt has been tested with Python versions 3.8-3.12.

ropt requires one or more optimization backends to function. A backend based on optimizers included with SciPy is installed by default.

Installation

From PyPI:

pip install ropt

The following optional-dependencies can be installed:

• storage : Enables pandas, xarrays and netCDF support.
• parsl : Enables the parsl-based evaluator functionality.

To install both:

pip install ropt[storage,parsl]

Development

The ropt source distribution can be found on GitHub. To install from source, enter the ropt distribution directory and execute:

pip install .

Documentation is written using MkDocs and mkdocstrings. To view it, install the necessary dependencies and start the MkDocs built-in server within the ropt distribution directory:

pip install .[docs]
mkdocs serve

Running the tests

To run the test suite, install the necessary dependencies and execute pytest:

pip install .[test]
pytest