rf604_constraints.py

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## \file
## \ingroup tutorial_roofit
## \notebook -nodraw
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## 'LIKELIHOOD AND MINIMIZATION' RooFit tutorial macro #604
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## Fitting with constraints
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## \macro_code
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## \date February 2018
## \author Clemens Lange
## \author Wouter Verkerke (C version)
 
from __future__ import print_function
import ROOT
 
 
# Create model and dataset
# ----------------------------------------------
 
# Construct a Gaussian p.d.f
x = ROOT.RooRealVar("x", "x", -10, 10)
 
m = ROOT.RooRealVar("m", "m", 0, -10, 10)
s = ROOT.RooRealVar("s", "s", 2, 0.1, 10)
gauss = ROOT.RooGaussian("gauss", "gauss(x,m,s)", x, m, s)
 
# Construct a flat p.d.f (polynomial of 0th order)
poly = ROOT.RooPolynomial("poly", "poly(x)", x)
 
# model = f*gauss + (1-f)*poly
f = ROOT.RooRealVar("f", "f", 0.5, 0., 1.)
model = ROOT.RooAddPdf("model", "model", ROOT.RooArgList(gauss, poly), ROOT.RooArgList(f))
 
# Generate small dataset for use in fitting below
d = model.generate(ROOT.RooArgSet(x), 50)
 
# Create constraint pdf
# -----------------------------------------
 
# Construct Gaussian constraint p.d.f on parameter f at 0.8 with
# resolution of 0.1
fconstraint = ROOT.RooGaussian(
    "fconstraint", "fconstraint", f, ROOT.RooFit.RooConst(0.8), ROOT.RooFit.RooConst(0.1))
 
# Method 1 - add internal constraint to model
# -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
# Multiply constraint term with regular p.d.f using ROOT.RooProdPdf
# Specify in fitTo() that internal constraints on parameter f should be
# used
 
# Multiply constraint with p.d.f
modelc = ROOT.RooProdPdf(
    "modelc", "model with constraint", ROOT.RooArgList(model, fconstraint))
 
# Fit model (without use of constraint term)
r1 = model.fitTo(d, ROOT.RooFit.Save())
 
# Fit modelc with constraint term on parameter f
r2 = modelc.fitTo(d, ROOT.RooFit.Constrain(ROOT.RooArgSet(f)), ROOT.RooFit.Save())
 
# Method 2 - specify external constraint when fitting
# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
# Construct another Gaussian constraint p.d.f on parameter f at 0.8 with
# resolution of 0.1
fconstext = ROOT.RooGaussian("fconstext", "fconstext", f, ROOT.RooFit.RooConst(
    0.2), ROOT.RooFit.RooConst(0.1))
 
# Fit with external constraint
r3 = model.fitTo(d, ROOT.RooFit.ExternalConstraints(
    ROOT.RooArgSet(fconstext)), ROOT.RooFit.Save())
 
# Print the fit results
print("fit result without constraint (data generated at f=0.5)")
r1.Print("v")
print("fit result with internal constraint (data generated at f=0.5, is f=0.8+/-0.2)")
r2.Print("v")
print("fit result with (another) external constraint (data generated at f=0.5, is f=0.2+/-0.1)")
r3.Print("v")