v3.1

• Calculation settings are now assessment-specific. This allows you to use more than one assessments in an interactive calculation and each will have its own set of options, including log files.

• The uq module was decoupled from the others to enable standalone uq calculations that work without having an active assessment.

• A completely redesigned DL_calculation.py script that provides decoupled demand, damage, and loss assessment and more flexibility when setting up each of those when pelicun is used with a configuration file in a larger workflow.

• Two new examples that use the DL_calculation.py script and a json configuration file were added to the example folder.

• A new example that demonstrates a detailed interactive calculation in a Jupyter notebook was added to the following DesignSafe project: https://www.designsafe-ci.org/data/browser/public/designsafe.storage.published/PRJ-3411v5 This project will be extended with additional examples in the future.

• Unit conversion factors moved to an external file (settings/default_units) to make it easier to add new units to the list. This also allows redefining the internal units through a complete replacement of the factors. The internal units continue to follow the SI system.

• Substantial improvements in coding style using flake8 and pylint to monitor and help enforce PEP8.

• Several performance improvements made calculations more efficient, especially for large problems, such as regional assessements or tall buildings investigated using the FEMA P-58 methodology.

• Several bugfixes and a large number of minor changes that make the engine more robust and easier to use.

• Update recommended Python version to 3.10 and other dependencies to more recent versions.