Figure 1:Image from Francois Chollet - Colab Tutorial
Beginner / Causal¶
These users use the prebuilt models and generally do not need to interact with the underlying components underneath the hood.
- Prebuild Dynamical Model
- Initial Condition Functions
- Boundary Condition Functions
Some example applications would include:
- Exploration / Teaching
- Dynamical Model priors for data assimilation applications
Intermediate / Engineer¶
These users might want to build a simple model using known physics but don't want to get too deep into They can use the Operator API.
- Custom Params / Domains
- Custom Fields / State
- Spatial Discretizations
- Spatial Operations
- Grid Operations
- Process Operations
- ODE Solver / Step
Some example use cases might be:
- generating simulations of a specific process
- adding a custom forcing or diffusion term to an existing model
- exploring process parameterizations with neural networks
Expert / Researcher¶
These users can use the Functional API
- Custom Finite Differences - with FiniteDiffX, Kernex
- Custom Grid Operations - with kernex
- Custom Processes - with equinox
- Custom TimeSteppers - with Diffrax.