Spine Toolbox: A flexible open-source workflow management system with scenario and data management

Abstract The Spine Toolbox is open-source software for defining, managing, simulating and optimising energy system models. It gives the user ability to collect, create, organise, validate model input data, execute a with selected data finally archive visualise results/output data. has been designed developed support creation execution of multivector integration conveniently facilitates linking models different scopes, or spatio-temporal resolutions, through interface. can be organised as direct acyclic graph efficiently executed embedded workflow management engine. helps users import manage define scenarios orchestrate projects. supports self-contained shareable entity-relationship structure storing parameter values associated using latest Python environment plugins. shipped in an installation package desktop application operating systems.