Hi, I've been working with the ALPS classical monte carlo program, and according to the ALPS website/wiki, it should be possible to take a finished simulation, edit number of SWEEPS in the simulation_name.task#.out.xml files, set the status of the task from "finished" to "running" in the simulation_name.out.xml file and then do "spinmc simulation_name.out.xml". However, the program immediately throws an exception saying "Cannot change parameter SWEEPS".
I determined that the exception is being thrown from line 300 of worker.C in alps-1.3.1/src/alps/scheduler/. Is this a feature that just never got implemented or am I going about the procedure incorrectly?
Also, could ALPS (or does ALPS already) include a feature that allows it to run in a mode where it automatically advances to the next task if the current task has converged in all measurements, even if the full range of sweeps has not been performed? I think this would be an incredibly userful feature!