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### What is the difference between Computational Science and Data Science?

They are not interchangeable. Computational science tends to refer more to HPC, simulation techniques (differential equations, molecular dynamics, etc.), and is usually referred to as scientific ...
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### Python implementation for Frechet Distance

I realize this question was asked a while ago, but I recently needed the Freschet distance as well. I couldn't find any implementations for Python, so I wrote my own based on the paper: "Computing ...
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### Should I use a database to handle large amounts of results?

I would suggest that a full database may be overkill for your purposes, though it would certainly work. Even $5 \cdot 10^5$ rows should be no more than around 25mb of data. I would strongly recommend ...
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### Dimensionality reduction of the domain of f(x)

Take a look at active subspaces, e.g., Active Subspace Methods in Theory and Practice: http://epubs.siam.org/doi/abs/10.1137/130916138 And a PDF here: http://inside.mines.edu/~pconstan/docs/...

### Should I use a database to handle large amounts of results?

I highly recommend using a tool such as Sumatra for this. I used to have a similar "pedestrian" approach to yours for keeping track of many simulation runs with varying parameters, but in the end it ...
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