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Parameter Optimization#

Any parameter (or set of parameters) in a topas simulation can be subject to formal mathematical optimisation according to a user-defined objective function using the third party library TopasOpt. Some examples of situations where you may wish to optimize parameters include:

  • you have some measured data and you wish to tune some parameters model to best match the measurement

  • you are trying to speed up your topas runs and you want to optimise the physics settings to achieve faster runs with minimal change to simulation results

  • you are trying to design a new device and want to maximize some performance criteria.

To get started with TopasOpt, start with the worked examples

Basic Optimisation Loop