5.2.2. Version 2.5.0 (December 31, 2020)

• Extend the uq module to support: - More efficient sampling, especially when most of the random variables in the model are either independent or perfectly correlated. - More accurate and more efficient fitting of multivariate probability distributions to raw EDP data. - Arbitrary marginals (beyond the basic Normal and Lognormal) for joint distributions. - Latin Hypercube Sampling

• Introduce external auto-population scripts and provide an example for hurricane assessments.

• Add a script to help users convert HDF files to CSV (HDF_to_CSV.py under tools)

• Use unique and standardized attribute names in the input files

• Migrate to the latest version of Python, numpy, scipy, and pandas (see setup.py for required minimum versions of those tools).

• Bug fixes and minor improvements to support user needs: - Add 1.2 scale factor for EDPs controlling non-directional Fragility Groups. - Remove dependency on scipy’s truncnorm function to avoid long computation times due to a bug in recent scipy versions.