diff --git a/analysis/depristo/distributedGATK/commands.R b/analysis/depristo/distributedGATK/commands.R
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+++ b/analysis/depristo/distributedGATK/commands.R
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+# todo -- add replicate number to system
+# tood -- add scatter gather comparison
+d <- read.table("results.dat", header=T)
+require("lattice")
+
+subd = data.frame(parallel.type=d$parallel.type, nWaysParallel=d$nWaysParallel, end.to.end.time=d$end.to.end.time,per.1M.sites = d$per.1M.sites, job.run.time = d$job.run.time)
+
+nways = unique(subd$nWaysParallel)
+m = max(subd$end.to.end.time)
+nNW = subset(subd, end.to.end.time == m)$nWaysParallel[1]
+timeAt1 = m * nNW
+my.runtime = subset(subd, end.to.end.time == m)$job.run.time[1] * nNW
+my.pms = subset(subd, end.to.end.time == m)$per.1M.sites[1]
+
+theo = data.frame(parallel.type="theoretic", end.to.end.time=timeAt1/nways, nWaysParallel=nways, per.1M.sites = my.pms, job.run.time = my.runtime / nways)
+
+subd = rbind(subd, theo)
+
+print(summary(subd))
+
+print(xyplot(end.to.end.time + per.1M.sites + job.run.time ~ nWaysParallel, data=subd[order(subd$nWaysParallel),], group=parallel.type, type="b", outer=T, scale=list(relation="free"), auto.key=T, lwd=c(2,2,1)))
+
diff --git a/analysis/depristo/distributedGATK/distributedGATKMetrics.py b/analysis/depristo/distributedGATK/distributedGATKMetrics.py
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index 000000000..c7d50d59e
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+++ b/analysis/depristo/distributedGATK/distributedGATKMetrics.py
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+import sys
+from optparse import OptionParser
+from itertools import *
+import random
+import re
+import datetime
+
+# a simple script that does:
+# 1 -- generates a master set of variants following the neutral expectation from a single big population
+# 2 -- randomly generates M individuals with variants and genotypes sampled as expected from the big population of variants
+# 3 -- writes out the genotypes of these individuals, and their allele frequency
+def main():
+    global OPTIONS
+    usage = "usage: %prog [options] outputFile"
+    parser = OptionParser(usage=usage)
+    
+    (OPTIONS, args) = parser.parse_args()
+    if len(args) == 0:
+        parser.error("Requires at least one argument")
+
+    print 'file dataset parallel.type nWaysParallel start.time end.time end.to.end.time per.1M.sites job.run.time'
+    typere = '.*/(.*).ptype_(\w+).nways_(\d+).*'
+    for file in args:
+        startTime, endTime, perMSites, runtime = None, None, None, None
+        for line in open(file):
+            match = re.match(typere, line)
+            if match != None: dataset, parallelType, nWays = match.groups()
+            startTime = captureStartTime(line, startTime)
+            perMSites = capturePerMSites(line, perMSites)
+            endTime = captureEndTime(line, endTime)
+            runtime = captureRuntime(line, runtime)
+        print file, dataset, parallelType, nWays, formatTime(startTime), formatTime(endTime), endToEnd(endTime, startTime), perMSites, runtime
+    
+def endToEnd(endTime, startTime):
+    #print 'endToEnd', endTime, startTime
+    return total_minutes(endTime - startTime)
+    
+def formatTime(t):
+    return datetime.datetime.strftime(t, formatString)
+
+def total_minutes(td):
+    return td.days * 24 * 60 + td.seconds / 60.0
+
+def captureLine(line, regex, func, prevValue):
+    match = regex.match(line)
+    if match != None:
+        if func != None:
+            val = func(line)
+        else:  
+            val = match.group(1)
+    else:
+        val = None
+    #print 'Matching', line, regex, match, prevValue, val
+
+    return val
+
+formatString = "%H:%M:%S"
+                
+def captureStartTime(line, prev):
+    # todo - needs to find the earliest time
+    #INFO  11:03:50,202 HelpFormatter - The Genome Analysis Toolkit (GATK) v<unknown>, Compiled <unknown>
+    regex = re.compile("INFO\W*(\d+:\d+:\d+).*The Genome Analysis Toolkit.*")
+    return selectTime(captureLine(line, regex, None, prev), prev, earlier = True)
+
+def selectTime(newTimeString, oldTime, earlier = False):
+    def select():
+        if newTimeString == None:
+            return oldTime
+        else:
+            newTime = datetime.datetime.strptime(newTimeString, formatString)
+            if oldTime == None:
+                return newTime
+            elif earlier:
+                if newTime < oldTime:
+                    return newTime
+                else:
+                    return oldTime
+            else:
+                if newTime > oldTime:
+                    return newTime
+                else:
+                    return oldTime
+    r = select()
+    #if not earlier: print 'selectTime', oldTime, newTimeString, r
+    return r
+
+
+def captureEndTime(line, prev):
+    # todo - needs to find the latest time
+    regex = re.compile("INFO\W*(\d+:\d+:\d+).*GATKRunReport - Aggregating data for run report.*")
+    return selectTime(captureLine(line, regex, None, prev), prev, earlier=False)
+
+unitsToMinutes = {
+    'm' : 1.0,
+    'h' : 60,
+    's' : 1.0/60,
+    'd' : 60 * 60
+    }
+
+def capturePerMSites(line, prev):
+    return captureDoneLine(line, prev, 8, 10)
+
+def captureRuntime(line, prev):
+    return captureDoneLine(line, prev, 6, 8)
+
+def captureDoneLine(line, prev, s, e):
+        #    INFO  11:04:11,541 TraversalEngine -    chr1:3769010        1.32e+05   20.0 s        2.5 m      1.5%        21.9 m    21.5 m
+    regex = re.compile("INFO  .*TraversalEngine -.*done*")
+    val = captureLine(line, regex, lambda x: x.split()[s:e], None)
+    if val == None: 
+        return prev
+    else:
+        x, u = val
+        return float(x) * unitsToMinutes[u]
+
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
diff --git a/analysis/depristo/distributedGATK/getToTime.csh b/analysis/depristo/distributedGATK/getToTime.csh
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index 000000000..bdfe447f5
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+++ b/analysis/depristo/distributedGATK/getToTime.csh
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+grep -l -e "ptype_sg" -e "part1\." short/Q-*.out long/Q-*.out > toTime.txt
diff --git a/analysis/depristo/distributedGATK/runqueue.csh b/analysis/depristo/distributedGATK/runqueue.csh
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index 000000000..7ace30a15
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+++ b/analysis/depristo/distributedGATK/runqueue.csh
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+#!/bin/tcsh
+
+setenv CMD "java -Djava.io.tmpdir=/broad/shptmp/depristo/tmp -jar /humgen/gsa-scr1/depristo/dev/GenomeAnalysisTKFromLaptop/trunk/dist/Queue.jar -statusTo depristo -S /humgen/gsa-scr1/depristo/dev/GenomeAnalysisTKFromLaptop/trunk/scala/qscript/oneoffs/depristo/distributedGATKPerformance.scala -bsub --gatkjarfile /humgen/gsa-scr1/depristo/dev/GenomeAnalysisTKFromLaptop/trunk/dist/GenomeAnalysisTK.jar -dataset HiSeq $argv[2-$#argv]"
+
+if ( $1 == 1 ) then
+  pushd short; $CMD -jobQueue hour -run &
+  pushd long; $CMD -jobQueue gsa -long -run &
+else
+  $CMD
+endif