Quality assurance tests for classical PSHA calculator

[Damiano Monelli]

The attached set of tests aims at assessing the correctness of the classical PSHA calculator.
Tests are taken from "Verification of Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analysis Computer Programs", PACIFIC EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTER, Patricia Thomas and Ivan Wong (URS Corporation), Norman Abrahamson (Pacific Gas and Electric Company), MAY 2010. (http://peer.berkeley.edu/publications/peer_reports/reports_2010/web_PEER_10106_THOMASetal.pdf)
4 tests are attached; three involving a simple fault source and one considering an area source. The tests require the capability to compute hazard curves on a set of points. The attachment contains the configuration and input files to run the tests plus ASCII files containing the expected results. A README.txt file contains an explanation of each test.

[Damiano Monelli (monelli)]

Sorry, this the correct attachment

[Lars Butler (lars-butler)]

I think this depends on 805425.

[Lars Butler (lars-butler)]

Since most computation results (including curves and maps) are now saved to the database by default, verifying the correctness of the calculation results should be pretty simple: Initialize a job, run it, then query the database for the job results (and compare to the expected results).

[Lars Butler (lars-butler)]

Another important detail: The blackbox tests need to be run as part of the CI build to detect regression bugs. It could be as simple as including the tests in the unit test suite, but it may be more appropriate to make the test suites distinct and separate.

[John Tarter (toh2)]

1 Smoketest in Master, 1 in review and 3 to implement as of today