UseCase: DetermineModel

PrimaryActor:

Astronomer

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EndResult:

An astronomer runs a model provided as an astrogrid library function, a web service, or user code.

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PreConditions:

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FlowOfEvents:

1. User accesses the run model form through a web browser or command line.

2. User indicates which model should be run, whether it is stored in the astrogrid library, offered through a web service, or a user-uploaded program. This step proceeds as DetermineProgram.

3. Optional: user can designate a dataset stored on the grid or upload a dataset stored in a file.

4. The model is submitted to a compute resource and estimator, and the flow of events proceeds as NegotiateAccessToJob.

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BasicAssumptions:

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Please see the sequence diagram for this case.

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GoodStyle: Please add comments below. This area should be used for refinement of the above document. If you want to ask questions or start a dialogue with the author, please use (or create) a topic in the Use Cases Forum.
Author: Once the refinements here and comments in the forum die down, perhaps you could rewrite the problem, incorporating the comments and refinements.

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-- ElizabethAuden - 07 Jun 2002