docs: def cancelPendingResultsFor( self, params ):
          """Cancel any results pending for experiments at the given point
          in the parameter space.
  
          :param params: the experimental parameters"""
          
          # grab the result job ids
          jobs = self.pendingResultsFor(params)
          
          if len(jobs) > 0:
              # abort in the cluster
              self._abortJobs(jobs)
              
              # cancel in the notebook                  
              self.notebook().cancelPendingResultsFor(params)