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title: "This month in AvaFrame - November 2021 edition"
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date: 2021-12-03T00:00:00+01:00
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Welcome to our monthly update for November.
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There are some changes especially for those wanting to try and test AvaFrame:
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- the AvaFrame QGis Connector is now out of the experimental state, so it is easily installable via the QGis plugins
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manager. No more need to enable experimental plugins. See
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[QGis plugin directory](https://plugins.qgis.org/plugins/avaframeConnector/).
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- We had our first webinar with about 15 test users. This group is testing AvaFrame from an operational point of view.
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The first feedback is already rolling in, and we already discovered some more snags. However, so far nothing too serious.
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Some, as yet to be solved, problems concern file access rights on windows machines. If you hit a similar problem, we'd
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be happy to hear from you! (e.g. via a github bug report...)
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- For those working on MacOS: there are successful installations on current MacOS versions. The safest way seems to be
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to install QGis via conda (anaconda; conda-forge).
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- We are investing more effort into the improvement of our testing. Both unit testing and model testing are tackled.
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This is applied right away for current developments like the ongoing investigation into initial particle distribution
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methods.
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- Work is also being done on the similarity solution test, comparing DFA results to an analytic solution.
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- As mentioned last month, a, what we call *hybrid model* is being developed. This includes automatic path finding
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from a combination of DFA simulations (com1DFA) and alpha beta results (com2AB). Expect the full module hitting our
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code base soon.
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- The documentation now includes information about an extended method to split and/or merge particles during computation
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of the com1DFA module. See [here](https://docs.avaframe.org/en/latest/DFAnumerics.html?highlight=merge#particle-splitting-and-merging)
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for more information.
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We plan on offering a **public webinar** for everyone interested. It is currently set for the beginning of February,
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watch this space for an announcement soon!
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That's it for this month, happy skiing, snowboarding or whatever satisfies your winter-y needs!
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Felix
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