RAVENv3.1

Official Release of the RAVEN code.

Version: 3.1

• RAVEN USER MANUAL
• RAVEN USER GUIDE
• RAVEN THEORY MANUAL
• ANALYTICAL TEST DOCUMENTATION
• RAVEN PLUGIN MANUAL

Important Features:

• Updated workshop materials located at raven/doc/workshop for 2024 raven workshop
• Add capability to handle interdependent functions in samplers/optimizers
• Enable SimulatedAnnealing Optimizer to handle discrete variables
• Enable Genetic Optimization with Ensemble Models of multiple codes
• Added AutoARMA algorithm for synthetic data generation
• Updated Serpent code interface
• Updated Relap5 code interface
• Added BayCal plugin for bayesian calibration
• Enable Bayesian Optimization to use pre-trained Gaussian Process ROM

What's Changed

• Adding non-conda pip package building script. by @joshua-cogliati-inl in #2259
• HERON update by @PaulTalbot-INL in #2261
• Only do lapack override on x86 machine. by @joshua-cogliati-inl in #2260
• Removing MAMBA_SKIP by @joshua-cogliati-inl in #2270
• Use the WORKING_PYTHON_COMMAND during create_libraries by @joshua-cogliati-inl in #2266
• submod update by @PaulTalbot-INL in #2271
• Addition of datatypes for R5 interface by @alfoa in #2212
• Wangc/bison interface by @wangcj05 in #2274
• Support of pip installation of repo via pip. Closes #2276 by @alfoa in #2277
• Allow Bayesian Optimization to use Pre-trained GP ROM by @wangcj05 in #2280
• Method to Convert InputData.ParameterInput back to ElementTree XML node(s) by @GabrielSoto-INL in #2264
• Removing numexpr dependency. by @joshua-cogliati-inl in #2287
• Add BayCal plugin by @wangcj05 in #2285
• LaTeX _ escape improvement by @joshua-cogliati-inl in #2292
• Serpent Interface Upgrade by @alfoa in #2290
• update manual by @wangcj05 in #2293
• updating HERON by @GabrielSoto-INL in #2297
• Defect fix of SimulatedAnnealing with 1 variable optimization by @alfoa in #2296
• remove pyDOE package from contrib and install it instead by @joshua-cogliati-inl in #2298
• RavenFramework tests using pip package or pre-built executable by @j-bryan in #2273
• [TASK] Allow functions in samplers/optimizers to be implemented in the same python module by @alfoa in #2301
• Remove unneccesary print statement by @dylanjm in #2313
• Allow no precommand by @joshua-cogliati-inl in #2311
• Specialized Plot sub-directory ignoring (Fix) by @alfoa in #2314
• AutoARMA Algorithm for SyntheticHistory ROM by @GabrielSoto-INL in #2309
• Fix defect ensemble model (with Code) and genetic algorithm by @alfoa in #2317
• submodule update for HERON and TEAL by @GabrielSoto-INL in #2320
• SimulatedAnnealing Discrete Variables by @alfoa in #2312
• Removing specifying liblapack. by @joshua-cogliati-inl in #2327
• Add capability to handle interdependent functions in samplers/optimizers by @alfoa in #2319
• Arbitrary Custom Input in InputSpec by @PaulTalbot-INL in #2332
• Optimization Path Plot Fix for long strings in ylabel by @GabrielSoto-INL in #2330
• Update FARM user manual and citation by @wanghy-anl in #2333
• Workshop2024 merge by @PaulTalbot-INL in #2328
• Updating version to 3.1 by @joshua-cogliati-inl in #2335

Full Changelog: RAVENv3.0...RAVENv3.1

Submodule Updates:

The updates for the submodules are tracked by issue #1114. In this release, there are significant updates in following Plugins. We recommend the users to check the following links for more details.
TEAL: https://github.com/idaholab/TEAL
HERON: https://github.com/idaholab/HERON
SR2ML: https://github.com/idaholab/SR2ML
LOGOS: https://github.com/idaholab/LOGOS
FARM: https://github.com/Argonne-National-Laboratory/FARM

Developers:

We would like to thank all RAVEN internal and external developers for their significant contributions.