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| 2 | % future.tex: Future possible developments for Duchamp. |
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[158] | 28 | \secA{Future developments} |
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[162] | 30 | Here are lists of planned improvements and a wish-list of |
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[158] | 31 | features that would be nice to include (but are not planned in the |
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[162] | 32 | immediate future). Let me know if there are items not on these lists, |
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| 33 | or items on the list you would like prioritised. |
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[158] | 34 | |
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[162] | 35 | Planned developments: |
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[158] | 36 | \begin{itemize} |
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[162] | 37 | \item Parallelisation of the code, to improve speed particularly on |
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| 38 | multi-core machines. |
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[158] | 39 | |
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| 40 | \item Better determination of the noise characteristics of |
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| 41 | spectral-line cubes, including understanding how the noise is |
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[162] | 42 | generated and developing a model for it. |
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[158] | 43 | |
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| 44 | \item Include more source analysis. Examples could be: shape |
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| 45 | information; measurements of HI mass; more variety of measurements |
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[162] | 46 | of velocity width and profile. |
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[158] | 47 | |
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| 48 | \item Improved ability to reject interference, possibly on the |
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[162] | 49 | spectral shape of features. |
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[158] | 50 | |
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| 51 | \item Ability to separate (de-blend) distinct sources that have been |
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[162] | 52 | merged. |
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| 53 | \end{itemize} |
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[158] | 54 | |
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[162] | 55 | Wish-list: |
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| 56 | \begin{itemize} |
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| 57 | \item Incorporation of Swinburne's S2PLOT |
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| 58 | \footnote{\href{http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/s2plot/} |
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| 59 | {http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/s2plot/}} code for improved |
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| 60 | visualisation. |
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[158] | 61 | \item Link to lists of possible counterparts (\eg via NED/SIMBAD/other |
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[162] | 62 | VO tools?). |
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[158] | 63 | |
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| 64 | \item On-line web service interface, so a user can upload a cube and |
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[162] | 65 | get back a source-list. |
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[158] | 66 | |
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[258] | 67 | \item Embed \duchamp in a GUI, to move away from the text-based |
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[162] | 68 | interaction. |
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[158] | 69 | \end{itemize} |
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| 70 | |
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