v0.12.0

What's Changed

• Cell-based tallies added by @ethan-lame in #243
  • Time and energy binning added by @northroj in #282
• Continuously moving surfaces re-added:
  • Verified on planar surfaces in @ilhamv in #244
  • Quadric surfaces added in by @ilhamv in #264, #265
• Compressed sensing implemented by @ethan-lame in #266
• Automatic Lagged Weight Windows implemented by @shac170 in #295
• Domain decomposition:
  • Non-uniform processor allocation by @alexandermote in #246
  • Variable-sized subdomains on CPU/GPU by @alexandermote in #271
• Time tallying and census:
  • Updates and bug fixes @ilhamv in #272, #273, and #275
  • Census tally recombination and bug fixes by @shac170 in #301
• Updates to geometry and meshing:
  • Universe cell added, user interface changed, and major geometry-related refactoring by @ilhamv in #244
  • Mesh tally scoring updated to anticipate the CSG geometry changes made in v0.11.0 by @ilhamv in #258
  • Mesh tally allows for multiple tally meshes with different shapes by @ilhamv in #262
• Updates to output processing:
  • For runs with multiple mesh tallies by @ilhamv in #259
  • For IC particle generators by @ilhamv in #260
  • Separate runtime output file for performance analysis added by @ilhamv in #292
• Update precursor source generator by @ilhamv in #261 and increase default source bank buffer by @ilhamv in #288
• GPU operability bug fixes by @ilhamv in #310: use of default function argument (COINCIDENCE_TOLERANCE*) in mesh functions of structured.py and uniform.py and use of Numpy functions in compressed sensing
• Regression tests updated to use batch statistics for sdev reproducibility on GPU by @ilhamv in #316
• Numba caching temporarily removed by @ilhamv in #244
• Documentation updates:
  • Recommended installation changed from conda to python venv by @jpmorgan98 in #254
  • GPU install and execution instructions added by @jpmorgan98 in #254 and #284
  • Instructions for contributing to documentation by @clemekay in #305
• Continuous integration:
  • Ubuntu Version Static set to 22.04 by @jpmorgan98 in #269
  • Numba patch no longer necessary with Numba 0.61.0 by @ilhamv in #274
  • GPU CI from COE CI machine by @jpmorgan98 in #307
  • Known issue: COE CI machine periodically disconnects from GitHub. GPU regression tests have been manually run.
• Update dependency to use Numba 0.60.0 and MPI4py 3.1.4 by @ilhamv in #313

New Contributors

• @ethan-lame made their first contribution in #243

Full Changelog: v0.11.1...v0.12.0