Some useful functions are usable anywhere in OpenMOLE where you would use Scala code. For instance you can use them in:

• ScalaTask code,
• string expanded by OpenMOLE (${scala code}),
• OpenMOLE scripts.

Data processing 🔗

OpenMOLE provides a useful functions to aggregate data. Theses functions can be called on array and vectors. For instance:

val pi = Val[Double]
val piAvg = Val[Double]

// Define the average task that average several estimation of pi
val average =
  ScalaTask("val piAvg = pi.average") set (
    inputs += pi.toArray,
    outputs += piAvg
)

This task takes place after an exploration and compute the average of many values of pi. The presently available functions are:

• def median: Double, compute the median of the vector,
• def medianAbsoluteDeviation: Double, compute the median absolute deviation of the vector,
• def average: Double, compute the average of the vector,
• def meanSquaredError: Double, compute the mean square error of the vector,
• def rootMeanSquaredError: Double, compute the root of the mean square error of the vector.

Data comparison 🔗

OpenMOLE provides useful functions to compare data series. This function can be called on array and vectors. For instance:

• def absoluteDistance(s1: Seq[Double], s2: Seq[Double]): Double, compute the sum of the absolute distance between the respective elements of s1 and s2,
• def squareDistance(s1: Seq[Double], s2: Seq[Double]): Double, compute the sum of the squared distance between the respective elements of s1 and s2.
• def dynamicTimeWarpingDistance(s1: Seq[Double], s2: Seq[Double]): Double, compute the dynamic time warping distance between s1 and s2.

File creation 🔗

It might be useful to create files and folders in ScalaTask code. To do that, use one of the following functions:

• def newFile(prefix: String, suffix: String): File, this function creates a new file in the OpenMOLE workspace. You may optionally provide a prefix and suffix for the file name. It would generally be called newFile().
• def newDir(prefix: String): File, this function creates a new directory in the OpenMOLE workspace. You may optionally provide a prefix for the directory name. It would generally be called newDir(). This function doesn't create the directory.
• def mkDir(prefix: String): File, this function creates a new directory in the OpenMOLE workspace. You may optionally provide a prefix for the directory name. It would generally be called mkDir(). This function creates the directory.

Random number generator 🔗

In Scala code you may use a properly initialised random generator by calling random(). For instance you may call random().nextInt.
It might sometimes be useful to create a new random number generator. To do that use def newRandom(seed: Long): Random. The seed is optional. If it is not provided OpenMOLE will take care of the generator initialisation in a sound manner. It would generally be called newRNG().