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.NH 1
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Introduction
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.LP
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After the correct execution of an experiment some measurements are
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recorded in the results for further investigation. Typically the time of
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the execution or other quantities are measured and presented later in a
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figure (generally a plot or a table).
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The
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After the correct execution of an experiment the results are stored for
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further investigation. Typically the time of the execution or other
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quantities are measured and presented later in a figure (generally a
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plot or a table). The
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.I "postprocess pipeline"
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consists of all the steps required to create a set of figures from the
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results. Similarly to the execution pipeline where several stages run
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The results are generated in the same
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.I "target"
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machine where the experiment is executed and are stored in the garlic
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.I output ,
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organized into a directory structure following the experiment name, the
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unit name and the run number (governed by the
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.I out
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directory, organized into a tree structure following the experiment
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name, the unit name and the run number (governed by the
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.I control
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stage):
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.QS
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attributes (defined in the experiment configuration) and linking them to
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the appropriate experiment and unit directories. These links are
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overwritten by the last experiment with the same names so they are only
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valid for the last execution. The output and index directories are
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valid for the last execution. The out and index directories are
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placed into a per-user directory, as we cannot guarantee the complete
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execution of each unit when multiple users can share units.
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execution of each unit when multiple users share units.
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.PP
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The messages printed to the standard output and error are
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The messages printed to
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.I stdout
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and
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.I stderr
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are stored in the log files with the same name inside each run
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directory. Additional data is sometimes generated by the experiments,
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and is found in each run directory. As the generated data can be very
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large, is ignored by default when considering the results.
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large, is ignored by default when fetching the results.
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.NH 1
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Fetching the results
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.LP
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@ -93,14 +95,16 @@ measure some properties that the experimenter wants to present in a
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visual plot. When the experiment is launched, the execution
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pipeline (EP) is completely executed and it will generate some
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results. In this escenario, the execution pipeline depends on the
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program\[em]any changes in the program will cause nix to build it again
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program\[em]any changes in the program will cause nix to build the
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pipeline again
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using the updated program. The results will also depend on the
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execution pipeline, and the graph on the results. This chain of
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dependencies can be shown in the following dependency graph:
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execution pipeline as well as the postprocess pipeline (PP) and the plot
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on the results. This chain of dependencies can be shown in the
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following dependency graph:
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.ie t \{\
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.PS
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circlerad=0.22;
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linewid=0.35;
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linewid=0.3;
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right
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circle "Prog"
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arrow
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@ -122,15 +126,15 @@ circle "Plot"
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.\}
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Ideally, the dependencies should be handled by nix, so it can detect any
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change and rebuild the necessary parts automatically. Unfortunately, nix
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is not able to build the result as a derivation directly as it requires access
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to the
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is not able to build the result as a derivation directly, as it requires
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access to the
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.I "target"
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machine with several user accounts. In order to let several users reuse
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the same results from a cache, we
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use the
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.I "nix store"
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to make them available. To generate the results from the
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experiment, we add some extra steps that must be executed manually.
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the same results from a shared cache, we would like to use the
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.I "nix store" .
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.PP
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To generate the results from the
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experiment, we add some extra steps that must be executed manually:
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.PS
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circle "Prog"
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