From 00e32fad63864f51ec1cf026436b0b1d5dfa4678 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Adam Richie-Halford Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2018 11:58:42 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Use Reviewer #2's suggestion for intro sentence of last paragraph of conclusion. Compare to Dask in Future Work section --- papers/adam_richie-halford/adam_richie-halford.rst | 14 ++++++++------ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/papers/adam_richie-halford/adam_richie-halford.rst b/papers/adam_richie-halford/adam_richie-halford.rst index 23de3efc5c..2a7f892a64 100644 --- a/papers/adam_richie-halford/adam_richie-halford.rst +++ b/papers/adam_richie-halford/adam_richie-halford.rst @@ -658,17 +658,19 @@ wait for results. And because Cloudknot is built using Docker and the AWS Batch infrastructure, it can accomodate the needs of more advanced users who want to augment their Dockerfiles or specify instance types. -Cloudknot's simple API and its conditionally acceptable execution -time compared to other distributed computing frameworks make it a -viable tool for researchers who want distributed execution of their -computational workflow, from within their Python environment, without -the steep learning curve of learning a new platform. +Cloudknot trades runtime performance for development performance and +is best used when development speed matters most. Its simple API makes +it a viable tool for researchers who want distributed execution of +their computational workflow, from within their Python environment, +without the steep learning curve of learning a new platform. It may +have business applications as well since data scientists performing +exploratory analysis would benefit from short development times. Future Work ----------- -Currently, Cloudknot does not support computational pipelines that +Unlike Dask, Cloudknot does not support computational pipelines that define dependencies between different tasks. Future releases may support job dependencies so that specific jobs can be scheduled to wait for the results of previously submitted jobs. Cloudknot could also provide