diff --git a/tests/population/comparison_result_astro1.dat b/tests/population/comparison_result_astro1.dat
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+(4, 100, 10.033360481262207, 2.869093179702759)
+(4, 100, 10.609439373016357, 2.7953598499298096)
diff --git a/tests/population/run_tests_astro1.sh b/tests/population/run_tests_astro1.sh
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+python multiprocessing_via_population_comparison.py 1000 4 laptop
+python multiprocessing_via_population_comparison.py 1000 4 laptop
+python multiprocessing_via_population_comparison.py 1000 4 laptop
+python multiprocessing_via_population_comparison.py 1000 4 laptop
+
+python multiprocessing_via_population_comparison.py 1000 8 laptop
+python multiprocessing_via_population_comparison.py 1000 8 laptop
+python multiprocessing_via_population_comparison.py 1000 8 laptop
+python multiprocessing_via_population_comparison.py 1000 8 laptop
+
+python multiprocessing_via_population_comparison.py 2000 4 laptop
+python multiprocessing_via_population_comparison.py 2000 4 laptop
+python multiprocessing_via_population_comparison.py 2000 4 laptop
+python multiprocessing_via_population_comparison.py 2000 4 laptop
+
+python multiprocessing_via_population_comparison.py 2000 8 laptop
+python multiprocessing_via_population_comparison.py 2000 8 laptop
+python multiprocessing_via_population_comparison.py 2000 8 laptop
+python multiprocessing_via_population_comparison.py 2000 8 laptop
+
+python multiprocessing_via_population_comparison.py 2000 16 laptop
+python multiprocessing_via_population_comparison.py 2000 16 laptop
+python multiprocessing_via_population_comparison.py 2000 16 laptop
+python multiprocessing_via_population_comparison.py 2000 16 laptop
+
+python multiprocessing_via_population_comparison.py 5000 4 laptop
+python multiprocessing_via_population_comparison.py 5000 4 laptop
+python multiprocessing_via_population_comparison.py 5000 4 laptop
+python multiprocessing_via_population_comparison.py 5000 4 laptop
+
+python multiprocessing_via_population_comparison.py 5000 8 laptop
+python multiprocessing_via_population_comparison.py 5000 8 laptop
+python multiprocessing_via_population_comparison.py 5000 8 laptop
+python multiprocessing_via_population_comparison.py 5000 8 laptop
+
+python multiprocessing_via_population_comparison.py 5000 16 laptop
+python multiprocessing_via_population_comparison.py 5000 16 laptop
+python multiprocessing_via_population_comparison.py 5000 16 laptop
+python multiprocessing_via_population_comparison.py 5000 16 laptop
+
+python multiprocessing_via_population_comparison.py 5000 32 laptop
+python multiprocessing_via_population_comparison.py 5000 32 laptop
+python multiprocessing_via_population_comparison.py 5000 32 laptop
+python multiprocessing_via_population_comparison.py 5000 32 laptop
+