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 BatchRenderRfx == Notes on Scripting, Batching and Tasking for SPM5 ==
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 BatchScripting  * '''Why Script?'''
 
  * A large part of SPM code is complex housekeeping related to files and directories
  
  * Tailoring requires attention to these housekeeping matters

   * ''Have I got the right files?''

  * Need to create novel suite of analyses out of a number of core modules

  * Intercommunication via the SPM.mat structure

  ["MYV"]

  '''AllGorySpmMat'''

 * Why Batch?

  * Need to perform same or similar analyses on several datasets

  '''BitOfScript'''

  * Spm5Tasks
 
  * How to access them

  * What they do

   * ''Query: how to get jobs saves a .m or .xml files as well as a .mat file? - These options could be useful as these are text files and easier to edit.

  * Job/task manager can be extended

  * ''To be clarified: there is some barely undocumented functionality for linking up tasks in sequence so that output of one task become the input to the next. E.g. if you add a normalisation after creating a realignment you will see the option of choosing r* files for normalizing despite the fact that they do not yet exist!'''
  
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 AllGorySpmMat  * Other approaches
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 ["MYV"]   * aa -- Rhodri Cusack's Automatic Analysis modules
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     * AutomaticAnalysisIntroduction

   * PetModelAutomation5

Notes on Scripting, Batching and Tasking for SPM5

  • Why Script?

    • A large part of SPM code is complex housekeeping related to files and directories
    • Tailoring requires attention to these housekeeping matters
      • Have I got the right files?

    • Need to create novel suite of analyses out of a number of core modules
    • Intercommunication via the SPM.mat structure ["MYV"]

      AllGorySpmMat

  • Why Batch?
    • Need to perform same or similar analyses on several datasets

      BitOfScript

    • Spm5Tasks

    • How to access them
    • What they do
      • Query: how to get jobs saves a .m or .xml files as well as a .mat file? - These options could be useful as these are text files and easier to edit.

    • Job/task manager can be extended
    • To be clarified: there is some barely undocumented functionality for linking up tasks in sequence so that output of one task become the input to the next. E.g. if you add a normalisation after creating a realignment you will see the option of choosing r* files for normalizing despite the fact that they do not yet exist!

    ["Jobs3"]
  • Other approaches

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