BornAgain

During our last group meeting, we decided to carry out several performance tests:

• Time scaling with the number of layers
• Time taken to run a simple simulation
• Time scaling with the simulation resolution

The results are not satisfactory as can be seen from the following notebook:

https://nbviewer.jupyter.org/github/juanmcloaiza/BornAgainReflectometryComparison/blob/master/PerformanceTests/BornAgain_Performance_Analysis.ipynb

As this issue is not a priority for the moment (is it?), I suggest to keep further investigations and possible fixes on the backlog.
However, looking ahead for a possible fix, I did some experimenting on reusing an already performing piece of code and embedding it inside a python API --which could also be a GUI for that matter:

https://nbviewer.jupyter.org/github/juanmcloaiza/BornAgainReflectometryComparison/blob/master/PerformanceTests/Reusing_an_already_performing_engine.ipynb