The user provides CATS with the duration of the proposed computation on the command line. They may also provide the location, the command to run and information about the scheduler. CATS then accesses a prediction of the carbon intensity of the relevant power distribution network and computes the start time that minimises the carbon intensity over the duration of the computation. An illustration of this calculation is provided in Figure 1. Once the carbon intensity minimisation has been completed, CATS can optionally submit the computation to a queueing system or make a more detailed report on the climate impact of the proposed computation.
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