code: def connect_output_paths(
      inputs,
      out_dir,
      out_files,
      output_strategy="absolute",
      mix_names=True,
  ):
      """Generate a list of output files paths based on input files and
      output strategies.
  
      Parameters
      ----------
      inputs : array
          List of input paths.
      out_dir : string
          The output directory.
      out_files : array
          List of output files.
      output_strategy : string, optional
          Which strategy to use to generate the output paths.
              'append': Add out_dir to the path of the input.
              'prepend': Add the input path directory tree to out_dir.
              'absolute': Put directly in out_dir.
      mix_names : bool, optional
          Whether or not prepend a string composed of a mix of the input
          names to the final output name.
  
      Returns
      -------
          A list of output file paths.
  
      """
      outputs = []
      if isinstance(inputs, str):
          inputs = [inputs]
      if isinstance(out_files, str):
          out_files = [out_files]
  
      sizes_of_inputs = [len(inp) for inp in inputs]
  
      max_size = np.max(sizes_of_inputs)
      min_size = np.min(sizes_of_inputs)
      if min_size > 1 and min_size != max_size:
          raise ImportError("Size of input issue")
  
      elif min_size == 1:
          for i, sz in enumerate(sizes_of_inputs):
              if sz == min_size:
                  inputs[i] = max_size * inputs[i]
  
      if mix_names:
          mixing_prefixes = concatenate_inputs(inputs)
      else:
          mixing_prefixes = [""] * len(inputs[0])
  
      for mix_pref, inp in zip(mixing_prefixes, inputs[0]):
          inp_dirname = os.path.dirname(inp)
          if output_strategy == "prepend":
              if os.path.isabs(out_dir):
                  dname = out_dir + inp_dirname
              if not os.path.isabs(out_dir):
                  dname = os.path.join(
                      os.getcwd(), out_dir + inp_dirname
                  )
  
          elif output_strategy == "append":
              dname = os.path.join(inp_dirname, out_dir)
  
          else:
              dname = out_dir
  
          updated_out_files = []
          for out_file in out_files:
              updated_out_files.append(
                  os.path.join(dname, mix_pref + out_file)
              )
  
          outputs.append(updated_out_files)
  
      return inputs, outputs
  
imports: import inspect
  import itertools
  import numpy
  import os
  from glob import glob
  from dipy.workflows.base import get_args_default
label_desc: Use image node_id 3 for calling a global function with example usage: connect_output_paths(inputs, out_dir, out_files, output_strategy, mix_names) and returns: inputs,  outputs