Articles | Volume 11, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-11-2153-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-11-2153-2018
Methods for assessment of models
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12 Jun 2018
Methods for assessment of models |  | 12 Jun 2018

Automated model optimisation using the Cylc workflow engine (Cyclops v1.0)

Richard M. Gorman and Hilary J. Oliver

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We describe an optimisation suite ("Cyclops") that can be used to apply a selection of nonlinear optimisation algorithms to "tune" the parameters of a geophysical model. Based on the Cylc workflow engine, Cyclops can be used to calibrate any modelling system that has itself been implemented as a (separate) Cylc model suite, provided it includes computation and output of the desired scalar cost function.
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