Write a memo about analytic tests (point sources, point at paper for diffuse)

[bhazelton]

To explain why it can be used as a simulator of record.

Could be a memo or notebook. At the very least, we should definitely point out the unit tests that test against analytic simulations.

[jaguirre]

The memo should document the math, but obviously the code documentation is the repo.

We'd certainly like a standard template to compare visibility simulators against at the sort of zero-level analytic calculation level.

[steven-murray]

Will this involve the paper that @aelanman and I are writing?

On Fri, Jul 10, 2020 at 2:35 PM James Aguirre [email protected] wrote:

The memo should document the math, but obviously the code documentation is the repo.

We'd certainly like a standard template to compare visibility simulators against at the sort of zero-level analytic calculation level.

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[dannyjacobs]

Yes, but here we're talking about a clear statement in the README and on ReadTheDocs that we're testing against analytic calculations to provide a basis for validating other simulators.

[jpober]

@aelanman maybe this is something you can spend a little time on this week? In particular, we want a memo(-ish document) using words and a bit of math to describe the analytic calculations that form the basis of our tests. That's not just the diffuse reference calculations but also the basic point source stuff.