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.. _beat_backend_python:

=========================
 Python Backend for BEAT
=========================
In order to run an experiment in BEAT, the user provides the
description of data formats, algorithms, data flows (also known as toolchains)
and experimental details (parameters) and BEAT schedules and runs the provided recipe to produce displayable result. The algorithms can be written in Python or C++.


This package defines a backend to execute algorithms written in the Python
programming language.






.. toctree::

   object_representation
   api


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