Temoa Project Documentation

Getting Started

• Preface
  • What is Temoa?
  • Why Temoa?
  • Temoa Origin and Pronunciation
  • Bug Reporting
• Quick Start
  • Installing Software Elements
  • Solvers
  • Running Temoa
• Database Construction
  • Group Region and Technology Constraints
• Data Quality
• Commodity Network
  • Network Flow
  • Source Tracing
  • Tech Suppression
• Visualization
  • Network Diagrams

Core Concepts

• Mathematical Formulation
  • Temoa Notation
  • Treatment of Time
  • Sets
  • Parameters
  • Decision Variables
  • Equations
  • General Caveats
• Computational Implementation
  • Anatomy of a Constraint
  • A Word on Verbosity
  • Execution Flow
  • Project Structure
  • The Bleeding Edge
  • Ruff Formatting
  • Indentation: Tabs and Spaces
  • End of Line Whitespace
  • Maximum Line Length
  • Blank Lines
  • Encodings
  • Naming Conventions
  • In-line Implementation Conventions
  • Miscellaneous Style Conventions
  • Patches and Commits to the Repository

Advanced Topics

• Modeling to Generate Alternatives (MGA)
  • Hull Expansion
  • Single-Vector MGA (SVMGA)
  • Parallel Execution and Solver Options
  • Outputs
• Monte Carlo Simulation
  • Overall Framework
  • Configuration
  • Input File Format
  • Parallel Execution
  • Outputs
• Myopic Optimization
  • Overall Framework
  • Configuration
  • Evolving vs. Non-Evolving Mode
  • How it Works
  • Myopic Efficiency Table
  • Backtracking and Roll-back
  • Notes and Caveats
• Stochastic Programming
  • Dependencies
  • Configuration
  • How it Works
  • Limitations
• Units Checking
  • Unit Propagation to Outputs
  • Overview
  • Enabling Unit Checking
  • How It Works
  • Expressing Units
  • Common Footguns and Pitfalls
  • Testing and Troubleshooting
  • Tables Checked
  • Best Practices
  • Quick Reference
  • See Also

Appendix

• References