Benchmark datasets and case studies

[venkatachalapathy]

• Does Marty have benchmark datasets that we can use to test improvements?
• Does he have datasets and analysis that we could provide as case studies?

Most of the well known packages have datasets that are bundled and provided along with the package. These have obvious use for tutorial purposes. But, as we make improvements, it seems necessary to have datasets that we understand reasonably well.

• Do we have datasets from when Joe or Heather worked on OCCAM?
• Were datasets used during enhancements and improvements ? If yes, then can we make a list?

If yes, they we should upload a few of them for others to use. This along with a few case studies should go a long way towards attracting more contributors and making this more attractive for others to use for academic or industry purposes.

If no such datasets are available, then some of us must work on using publicly available datasets for benchmarking and/or writing case studies.