taskGenerator module

Author:Dominic Hunt

class taskGenerator.TaskGeneration(task_name, parameters=None, other_options=None)

Bases: object

Generates task class instances based on a task and a set of varying parameters

Parameters:

• task_name (string) – The name of the file where a tasks.taskTemplate.Task class can be found
• parameters (dictionary of floats or lists of floats) – Parameters are the options that you are or are likely to change across task instances. When a parameter contains a list, an instance of the task will be created for every combination of this parameter with all the others. Default None
• other_options (dictionary of float, string or binary valued elements) – These contain all the the task options that describe the task being studied but do not vary across task instances. Default None

iter_task_ID()

Yields the tasks IDs. To be used with self.new_task(expID) to receive the next tasks instance

Returns:expID – The ID number that refers to the next tasks parameter combination. Return type:int

new_task(task_number)

Produces the next tasks instance

Parameters:task_number (int) – The number of the tasks instance to be initialised Returns:instance Return type:tasks.taskTemplate.Task instance