Describe what is that makes the library "simple" in the JOSS paper

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Advanced Simulation kit based on Finite Element Method (AsFem)

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Describe what is that makes the library "simple" in the JOSS paper #63

Closed mscroggs closed 2 years ago

mscroggs commented 2 years ago

It's not fully clear to me which decisions have been made in this library to keep it "simple". Some questions you could consider to help clarify this:

How big is the range of problems the library can solve?
Which families of finite element basis functions does the library support? Is it lowest order Lagrange only?
How is the user expected to interact with the library? Is this in a simpler way than other libraries?
Which features have been left out of AsFem to keep it simple?

schruste commented 2 years ago

I would also add that it is really necessary to explain if and why the existing and powerful software frameworks such as fenics, mfem, ngsolve, etc... are not optimal here. Is it convenience, documentation, performance that AsFem can do better? To me it still seems that one of these modern FE frameworks with their very convenient python interfaces offer a higher degree of accessibility and flexibility without large (if any) performance penalties.

yangbai90 commented 2 years ago

Dear @mscroggs and @schruste , thanks for the comments, I have added several explanation regarding your question and the comparison, please see the new pdf.