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 # goodness of fit calculations
 # plotting
 Rupture generation reads in a few input files and outputs a single source rupture description. Seismogram synthesis and site effects run on a list of N stations. Goodness of fit and plotting require information from the previously generated seismograms of all stations.
 There are three levels in which the platform can be parallelized:
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 The approach described here is the second option. Seismogram synthesis and site effects are broken out by station and those modules are run in parallel. A simulation involving 100 stations may be run on up to 100 cores, giving an approximately 100x speed-up in execution speed.
 == Parallel Broadband ==

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 The batch planning process saves metadata in the ./batch/<batch_name> directory. Three files are saved for the batch:
-* <batch_name>.bxml : Batch workflow description (which can be executed by bbp_batch_sim.py with the -b option)
+* <batch_name>.bxml : Batch workflow description (which can be executed by bbp_batch_sim.py with the -x option)
 * index.txt : Index table that maps the simulation ID of each simulation to all variable assignments from your option template
 * options.txt : Original parameterized option template

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 * Running a parallel workflow remotely:
 ** BBP installation (with all of its dependencies) on both local and remote system
-** GRAM support on remote system
+** GRAM support on local and remote system
 ** GridFTP support on both local and remote systems
 ** Job manager on remote system
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 The option template file is a parameterized option file similar to what run_bbp_2G.py accepts, except lines in the file may be replaced with variables that expand out into one or more options. See [[#Running a Parallel Workflow Remotely]] for an example. The batch name parameter is just a user-defined label to assign to the batch. The -g option specifies to generate the batch only, and not execute it. A previously generated batch can be executed with the -x option.

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 * Running a parallel workflow locally:
-** BBP installation
+** BBP installation (with all of its dependencies)
-** Optional job scheduler
+** Optional job manager/scheduler
 * Running a parallel workflow remotely:
-** BBP installation on both local and remote system
+** BBP installation (with all of its dependencies) on both local and remote system
 ** GRAM support on remote system
 ** GridFTP support on both local and remote systems
-** Job scheduler on remote system
+** Job manager on remote system
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-The option template file is a parameterized option file similar to what run_bbp_2G.py accepts, except lines in the file may be replaced with variables that expand out into one or more options. See [[#Running a Parallel Workflow Remotely]] for an example. The batch name parameter is just a user-define label to assign to the batch. The -g option specifies to generate the batch only, and not execute it. A previously generated batch can be executed with the -x option.
+The option template file is a parameterized option file similar to what run_bbp_2G.py accepts, except lines in the file may be replaced with variables that expand out into one or more options. See [[#Running a Parallel Workflow Remotely]] for an example. The batch name parameter is just a user-defined label to assign to the batch. The -g option specifies to generate the batch only, and not execute it. A previously generated batch can be executed with the -x option.

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−	So, Parallel Broadband can be run on a quad-core desktop computer and use all four cores. It can also run as a ~~PBS/Torque~~ job submitted to USC HPCC, and use as many cores as there are stations in the simulation.	+	So, Parallel Broadband can be run on a quad-core desktop computer and use all four cores. It can also run as a job submitted to USC HPCC, and use as many cores as there are stations in the simulation.

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-The program is blocking in that it will end only when the remote job is finished and the simulation data has been retrieved.
+The -k option specifies the host in self.HOSTS (./comps/install_cfg.py) in which to send the job. The -b option assigns a string label to the batch. The -o option provides the option template file. The remaining options specify the job parameters. The program is blocking in that it will end only when the remote job is finished and the simulation data has been retrieved.
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 The Broadband platform provides a batching interface that allows multiple simulations to be created and run with a single step. This batching mechanism interacts with the parallel interface as can be seen in [[#Running a Parallel Workflow Remotely]] but it can also be used independently.
-To create a batch of simulations that can be run together as a unit, use the bbp_batch_sim.py utility.
+To create a batch of simulations that can be run together as a unit, use the bbp_batch_sim.py utility:
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 So, Parallel Broadband can be run on a quad-core desktop computer and use all four cores. It can also run as a PBS/Torque job submitted to USC HPCC, and use as many cores as there are stations in the simulation.
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-Input files are generally a rupture description and a station list for each simulation that the user wishes to run. The option template file is a parameterized option file similar to what run_bbp_2G.py accepts, except lines in the file may be replaced with variables that expand out into one or more options. In this way, many simulations can be defined. The following is an example option template file for a hanging wall simulation:
+Input files are generally a rupture description and a station list for each simulation that the user wishes to run. The option template file is a parameterized option file similar to what run_bbp_2G.py accepts, except lines in the file may be replaced with variables that expand out into one or more options. In this way, many simulations can be defined. The following is an example option template file for a hanging wall simulation, rob_template.txt:
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 Keep in mind that the paths shown here are all on the local system. When this option file is sent to the remote HPC system, all of these local paths are changed by BBP to point to the unpacked input files that it transfered over with GridFTP.
 == Simulation Batching ==
-The Broadband platform provides a batching interface that allows multiple simulations to be created and run with a single step. This batching mechanism interacts with the parallel interface as can be seen in [[#Running a Parallel Workflow Remotely]]
+The Broadband platform provides a batching interface that allows multiple simulations to be created and run with a single step. This batching mechanism interacts with the parallel interface as can be seen in [[#Running a Parallel Workflow Remotely]] but it can also be used independently.

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 === Installation ===
-Parallel BBP is fully integrated with the original Broadband platform and shares its installation process. The parallel functionality may require an optional configuration step depending on how the system is run. When a parallel simulation is run as a job on an HPC host, the user may need to manually setup the default environment on the compute nodes. Specifically, the user may need to configure environment variables (PATH and PYTHONPATH, for example) so that the correct version of Python is used. The shell script ./comps/setup_bbp_env.sh is the place to declare those custom environment settings.
+Parallel BBP is fully integrated with the original Broadband platform and shares its installation process. The parallel functionality may require optional configuration steps depending on how the system is run.
 If run on a stand-alone computer, customizing that shell script is unnecessary.
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 === Running a Parallel Workflow Remotely ===
-TBD
+One or more simulations may be run remotely on an HPC system with GRAM by using the ./comps/run_bbp_2g_gram.py script. This is an advanced capability. In this mode, the user specifies an option template file (containing all the answers to a run_bbp_2G.py interactive session), lists their input files, and specifies some job parameters for the remote job scheduler (walltime, number of cores, etc). The system then performs these steps:

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 == Parallel Broadband ==
-A new software layer has been added on top of the existing BBP software stack that allows a user to parallelize an existing serial workflow and execute it either on multiple cores within a single host or multiple nodes on a HPC resource. The user begins by creating a simulation workflow description in the traditional way (using run_bbp.py) and saving it to disk. Then, the new parallel interface is invoked on that workflow description. The serial workflow is parsed, parallelized, and optionally executed.
+A new software layer has been added on top of the existing BBP software stack that allows a user to parallelize an existing serial workflow and execute it either on multiple cores within a single host or multiple nodes on a HPC resource. The user begins by creating a simulation workflow description in the traditional way (using run_bbp_2G.py) and saving it to disk. Then, the new parallel interface is invoked on that workflow description. The serial workflow is parsed, parallelized, and optionally executed.
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 === Installation ===
-Parallel BBP is fully integrated with the original Broadband platform and shares its installation process. The parallel functionality may require an optional configuration step depending on how the system is run. When run on an HPC host, ssh is used to login to compute nodes from a MoM node. The user may need to setup environment variables (PATH and PYTHONPATH, for example) immediately following that login. The shell script ./comps/setup_bbp_env.sh is the place to declare those environment settings.
+Parallel BBP is fully integrated with the original Broadband platform and shares its installation process. The parallel functionality may require an optional configuration step depending on how the system is run. When a parallel simulation is run as a job on an HPC host, the user may need to manually setup the default environment on the compute nodes. Specifically, the user may need to configure environment variables (PATH and PYTHONPATH, for example) so that the correct version of Python is used. The shell script ./comps/setup_bbp_env.sh is the place to declare those custom environment settings.
 If run on a stand-alone computer, customizing that shell script is unnecessary.
-=== Converting Serial Workflow to Parallel Workflow ===
+=== Running a Parallel Workflow Locally ===
-TBD
+On the machine you wish to run the simulation, generate a serial workflow description using run_bbp_2G.py with the "-g" option.
-=== Running the Parallel Workflow===
+You will be prompted interactively for the codebases and inputs to be used in your simulation unless you provide a response file with the "-o" option. Take note of the path to the XML file that is saved at the end.
 TBD