MnMinos.h

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// @(#)root/minuit2:$Id$
// Authors: M. Winkler, F. James, L. Moneta, A. Zsenei   2003-2005
 
/**********************************************************************
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 * Copyright (c) 2005 LCG ROOT Math team,  CERN/PH-SFT                *
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#ifndef ROOT_Minuit2_MnMinos
#define ROOT_Minuit2_MnMinos
 
#include "Minuit2/MnStrategy.h"
 
#include <utility>
 
namespace ROOT {
 
namespace Minuit2 {
 
class FCNBase;
class FunctionMinimum;
class MinosError;
class MnCross;
 
//__________________________________________________________________
/**
    API class for Minos Error analysis (asymmetric errors);
    minimization has to be done before and Minimum must be valid;
    possibility to ask only for one side of the Minos Error;
 */
 
class MnMinos {
 
public:
   /// construct from FCN + Minimum + strategy
   MnMinos(const FCNBase &fcn, const FunctionMinimum &min, unsigned int stra = 1);
 
   /// construct from FCN + Minimum + strategy
   MnMinos(const FCNBase &fcn, const FunctionMinimum &min, const MnStrategy &stra);
 
   /// returns the negative (pair.first) and the positive (pair.second)
   /// Minos Error of the Parameter
   std::pair<double, double> operator()(unsigned int, unsigned int maxcalls = 0, double toler = 0.1) const;
 
   /// calculate one side (negative or positive Error) of the Parameter
   /// give as input (optionally) maxcalls and tolerance
   double Lower(unsigned int, unsigned int maxcalls = 0, double toler = 0.1) const;
   double Upper(unsigned int, unsigned int maxcalls = 0, double toler = 0.1) const;
 
   MnCross Loval(unsigned int, unsigned int maxcalls = 0, double toler = 0.1) const;
   MnCross Upval(unsigned int, unsigned int maxcalls = 0, double toler = 0.1) const;
 
   /// ask for MinosError (Lower + Upper)
   /// can be printed via std::cout
   MinosError Minos(unsigned int, unsigned int maxcalls = 0, double toler = 0.1) const;
 
protected:
   /// internal method to get crossing value via MnFunctionCross
   MnCross FindCrossValue(int dir, unsigned int, unsigned int maxcalls, double toler) const;
 
private:
   const FCNBase &fFCN;
   const FunctionMinimum &fMinimum;
   MnStrategy fStrategy;
};
 
} // namespace Minuit2
 
} // namespace ROOT
 
#endif // ROOT_Minuit2_MnMinos