[UrbanSim-Users] Are there documents to expand on the Users' Manual, sections 9.4 to 9.7?

I've been trying to make database tables like those described in part 9 of
the user manual, in passages like:

[quote]
9.4 What Tables are Used in UrbanSim?
Most database tables are optional. The required set of tables is determined
by the set of models configured for a run.
Details can be found in the description of the particular models in Section
8.4.
Additionally, some tables and various attributes of tables are determined by
the variables used by the models. This can
be found by looking at the models' specification tables.
The tables_to_cache argument of
urbansim.configs.cache_baseyear_configuration lists the
tables required for the standard set of models in a production run of
UrbanSim. Additional tables can be used in
post-processing, for example for creating indicators.

...
9.7 Database Tables about Development Events
These tables represent events in the real estate development. Events that
are scheduled to take place in the future are
stored in the development_events_exogenous table, events that occured prior
to the base year are stored in
the development_event_history table.
Both tables can contain columns of the pattern "units_change_type". Each
value determines a type of change for
that type of units.
[/quote]

However, there doesn't seem to be any way to get the simulation to generate
the necessary tables in MySQL so that I can see them and alter their
contents.

If I had that, I guess I would be expected to use opus_core.tools.start_run
in order to run the simulation and have it interact with the database, but
that's my guess from reading the code ... I didn't see that in the
documentation.

Any comments would be appreciated.
Thanks.
Rick
Received on Sun Dec 09 2007 - 05:18:53 PST