| Reviewer name and names of any other individual's who aided in reviewer | Boris Aguilar |
| Do you understand and agree to our policy of having open and named reviews, and having your review included with the published manuscript. (If no, please inform the editor that you cannot review this manuscript.) | Yes |
| Is the language of sufficient quality? | Yes |
| Please add additional comments on language quality to clarify if needed | |
| Is there a clear statement of need explaining what problems the software is designed to solve and who the target audience is? | Yes |
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| Is the source code available, and has an appropriate Open Source Initiative license <a href="https://opensource.org/licenses" target="_blank">(https://opensource.org/licenses)</a> been assigned to the code? | Yes |
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| As Open Source Software are there guidelines on how to contribute, report issues or seek support on the code? | Yes |
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| Is the code executable? | Yes |
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| Is installation/deployment sufficiently outlined in the paper and documentation, and does it proceed as outlined? | Yes |
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| Is the documentation provided clear and user friendly? | Yes |
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| Is there a clearly-stated list of dependencies, and is the core functionality of the software documented to a satisfactory level? | Yes |
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| Have any claims of performance been sufficiently tested and compared to other commonly-used packages? | No |
| Additional Comments | The authors listed a couple of commonly-used systems for HPC based parameter exploration. Since this was intended for user not necessarily familiar with HPC, a comparison was not performed. |
| Are there (ideally real world) examples demonstrating use of the software? | Yes |
| Additional Comments | There are multiple basic examples; but I think that should mentioned in the main text. |
| Is automated testing used or are there manual steps described so that the functionality of the software can be verified? | Yes |
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| Any Additional Overall Comments to the Author | |
| Recommendation | Minor Revisions |