LikelihoodInterval is a concrete implementation of the RooStats::ConfInterval interface.

It implements a connected N-dimensional intervals based on the contour of a likelihood ratio. The boundary of the interval is equivalent to a MINUIT/MINOS contour about the maximum likelihood estimator

The interval does not need to be an ellipse (eg. it is not the HESSE error matrix). The level used to make the contour is the same as that used in MINOS, eg. it uses Wilks' theorem, which states that under certain regularity conditions the function -2* log (profile likelihood ratio) is asymptotically distributed as a chi^2 with N-dof, where N is the number of parameters of interest.

Note, a boundary on the parameter space (eg. s>= 0) or a degeneracy (eg. mass of signal if Nsig = 0) can lead to violations of the conditions necessary for Wilks' theorem to be true.

Also note, one can use any RooAbsReal as the function that will be used in the contour; however, the level of the contour is based on Wilks' theorem as stated above.

References

F. James., Minuit.Long writeup D506, CERN, 1998.

Definition at line 34 of file LikelihoodInterval.h.

Public Member Functions
	LikelihoodInterval (const char name, RooAbsReal , const RooArgSet , RooArgSet =0)
	Alternate constructor taking a pointer to the profile likelihood ratio, parameter of interest and optionally a snapshot of best parameter of interest for interval.

	LikelihoodInterval (const char *name=0)
	default constructor

virtual	~LikelihoodInterval ()
	destructor

Bool_t	CheckParameters (const RooArgSet &) const
	check if parameters are correct (i.e. they are the POI of this interval)

virtual Double_t	ConfidenceLevel () const
	return confidence level

Bool_t	FindLimits (const RooRealVar &param, double &lower, double &upper)
	find both lower and upper interval boundaries for a given parameter return false if the bounds have not been found

const RooArgSet *	GetBestFitParameters () const
	return a pointer to a snapshot with best fit parameter of interest

Int_t	GetContourPoints (const RooRealVar &paramX, const RooRealVar &paramY, Double_t x, Double_t y, Int_t npoints=30)
	return the 2D-contour points for the given subset of parameters by default make the contour using 30 points.

RooAbsReal *	GetLikelihoodRatio ()
	return the profile log-likelihood ratio function

virtual RooArgSet *	GetParameters () const
	return a cloned list of parameters of interest. User manages the return object

virtual Bool_t	IsInInterval (const RooArgSet &) const
	check if given point is in the interval

Double_t	LowerLimit (const RooRealVar &param)
	return the lower bound of the interval on a given parameter

Double_t	LowerLimit (const RooRealVar &param, bool &status)
	Compute lower limit, check first if limit has been computed status is a boolean flag which will b set to false in case of error and is true if calculation is successful in case of error return also a lower limit value of zero.

virtual void	SetConfidenceLevel (Double_t cl)
	set the confidence level for the interval (e.g 0.682 for a 1-sigma interval)

Double_t	UpperLimit (const RooRealVar &param)
	return the upper bound of the interval on a given parameter

Double_t	UpperLimit (const RooRealVar &param, bool &status)
	Compute upper limit, check first if limit has been computed status is a boolean flag which will b set to false in case of error and is true if calculation is successful in case of error return also a lower limit value of zero.

Public Member Functions inherited from RooStats::ConfInterval
	ConfInterval (const char *name=0)
	constructor given name and title

virtual	~ConfInterval ()
	destructor

ConfInterval &	operator= (const ConfInterval &other)
	operator=

Public Member Functions inherited from TNamed
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Protected Member Functions
bool	CreateMinimizer ()
	internal function to create the minimizer for finding the contours

void	ResetLimits ()
	reset the cached limit values

Protected Member Functions inherited from TObject
virtual void	DoError (int level, const char location, const char fmt, va_list va) const
	Interface to ErrorHandler (protected).

void	MakeZombie ()

Private Attributes
RooArgSet *	fBestFitParams
	parameters of interest for this interval

Double_t	fConfidenceLevel
	likelihood ratio function used to make contours (managed internally)

std::shared_ptr< RooFunctor >	fFunctor
	transient pointer to minimizer class used to find limits and contour

RooAbsReal *	fLikelihoodRatio
	snapshot of the model parameters with best fit value (managed internally)

std::map< std::string, double >	fLowerLimits
	Requested confidence level (eg. 0.95 for 95% CL)

std::shared_ptr< ROOT::Math::IMultiGenFunction >	fMinFunc
	transient pointer to functor class used by the minimizer

std::shared_ptr< ROOT::Math::Minimizer >	fMinimizer
	map with cached upper bound values

RooArgSet	fParameters

std::map< std::string, double >	fUpperLimits
	map with cached lower bound values

Additional Inherited Members
Public Types inherited from TObject
enum	{ kIsOnHeap = 0x01000000 , kNotDeleted = 0x02000000 , kZombie = 0x04000000 , kInconsistent = 0x08000000 , kBitMask = 0x00ffffff }

enum	{ kSingleKey = BIT(0) , kOverwrite = BIT(1) , kWriteDelete = BIT(2) }

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	Get status of object stat flag.

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	Set destructor only flag.

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	Turn on/off tracking of objects in the TObjectTable.

Protected Types inherited from TObject
enum	{ kOnlyPrepStep = BIT(3) }

Protected Attributes inherited from TNamed
TString	fName

TString	fTitle

#include <RooStats/LikelihoodInterval.h>

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Constructor & Destructor Documentation

◆ LikelihoodInterval() [1/2]

LikelihoodInterval::LikelihoodInterval ( const char * name = 0 )

explicit

default constructor

Default constructor with name and title.

Definition at line 84 of file LikelihoodInterval.cxx.

◆ LikelihoodInterval() [2/2]

LikelihoodInterval::LikelihoodInterval	(	const char *	name,
		RooAbsReal *	lr,
		const RooArgSet *	params,
		RooArgSet *	bestParams = `0`
	)

Alternate constructor taking a pointer to the profile likelihood ratio, parameter of interest and optionally a snapshot of best parameter of interest for interval.

Definition at line 93 of file LikelihoodInterval.cxx.

◆ ~LikelihoodInterval()

LikelihoodInterval::~LikelihoodInterval ( )

virtual

destructor

Destructor.

Definition at line 106 of file LikelihoodInterval.cxx.

Member Function Documentation

◆ CheckParameters()

Bool_t LikelihoodInterval::CheckParameters ( const RooArgSet & parameterPoint ) const

virtual

check if parameters are correct (i.e. they are the POI of this interval)

check that the parameters are correct

Implements RooStats::ConfInterval.

Definition at line 173 of file LikelihoodInterval.cxx.

◆ ConfidenceLevel()

virtual Double_t RooStats::LikelihoodInterval::ConfidenceLevel ( ) const

inlinevirtual

return confidence level

Implements RooStats::ConfInterval.

Definition at line 55 of file LikelihoodInterval.h.

◆ CreateMinimizer()

bool LikelihoodInterval::CreateMinimizer ( )

protected

internal function to create the minimizer for finding the contours

Definition at line 224 of file LikelihoodInterval.cxx.

◆ FindLimits()

bool LikelihoodInterval::FindLimits	(	const RooRealVar &	param,
		double &	lower,
		double &	upper
	)

find both lower and upper interval boundaries for a given parameter return false if the bounds have not been found

Definition at line 303 of file LikelihoodInterval.cxx.

◆ GetBestFitParameters()

const RooArgSet * RooStats::LikelihoodInterval::GetBestFitParameters ( ) const

inline

return a pointer to a snapshot with best fit parameter of interest

Definition at line 87 of file LikelihoodInterval.h.

◆ GetContourPoints()

Int_t LikelihoodInterval::GetContourPoints	(	const RooRealVar &	paramX,
		const RooRealVar &	paramY,
		Double_t *	x,
		Double_t *	y,
		Int_t	npoints = `30`
	)

return the 2D-contour points for the given subset of parameters by default make the contour using 30 points.

The User has to preallocate the x and y array which will return the set of x and y points defining the contour. The return value of the function specify the number of contour point found. In case of error a zero is returned

Definition at line 378 of file LikelihoodInterval.cxx.

◆ GetLikelihoodRatio()

RooAbsReal * RooStats::LikelihoodInterval::GetLikelihoodRatio ( )

inline

return the profile log-likelihood ratio function

Definition at line 84 of file LikelihoodInterval.h.

◆ GetParameters()

RooArgSet * LikelihoodInterval::GetParameters ( ) const

virtual

return a cloned list of parameters of interest. User manages the return object

returns list of parameters

Implements RooStats::ConfInterval.

Definition at line 165 of file LikelihoodInterval.cxx.

◆ IsInInterval()

Bool_t LikelihoodInterval::IsInInterval ( const RooArgSet & parameterPoint ) const

virtual

check if given point is in the interval

This is the main method to satisfy the RooStats::ConfInterval interface.

It returns true if the parameter point is in the interval.

Implements RooStats::ConfInterval.

Definition at line 117 of file LikelihoodInterval.cxx.

◆ LowerLimit() [1/2]

Double_t RooStats::LikelihoodInterval::LowerLimit ( const RooRealVar & param )

inline

return the lower bound of the interval on a given parameter

Definition at line 65 of file LikelihoodInterval.h.

◆ LowerLimit() [2/2]

Double_t LikelihoodInterval::LowerLimit	(	const RooRealVar &	param,
		bool &	status
	)

Compute lower limit, check first if limit has been computed status is a boolean flag which will b set to false in case of error and is true if calculation is successful in case of error return also a lower limit value of zero.

Definition at line 194 of file LikelihoodInterval.cxx.

◆ ResetLimits()

void LikelihoodInterval::ResetLimits ( )

protected

reset the cached limit values

Definition at line 217 of file LikelihoodInterval.cxx.

◆ SetConfidenceLevel()

virtual void RooStats::LikelihoodInterval::SetConfidenceLevel ( Double_t cl )

inlinevirtual

set the confidence level for the interval (e.g 0.682 for a 1-sigma interval)

Implements RooStats::ConfInterval.

Definition at line 52 of file LikelihoodInterval.h.

◆ UpperLimit() [1/2]

Double_t RooStats::LikelihoodInterval::UpperLimit ( const RooRealVar & param )

inline

return the upper bound of the interval on a given parameter

Definition at line 69 of file LikelihoodInterval.h.

◆ UpperLimit() [2/2]

Double_t LikelihoodInterval::UpperLimit	(	const RooRealVar &	param,
		bool &	status
	)

Compute upper limit, check first if limit has been computed status is a boolean flag which will b set to false in case of error and is true if calculation is successful in case of error return also a lower limit value of zero.

Definition at line 208 of file LikelihoodInterval.cxx.

Member Data Documentation

◆ fBestFitParams

RooArgSet* RooStats::LikelihoodInterval::fBestFitParams

private

parameters of interest for this interval

Definition at line 100 of file LikelihoodInterval.h.

◆ fConfidenceLevel

Double_t RooStats::LikelihoodInterval::fConfidenceLevel

private

likelihood ratio function used to make contours (managed internally)

Definition at line 102 of file LikelihoodInterval.h.

◆ fFunctor

std::shared_ptr<RooFunctor> RooStats::LikelihoodInterval::fFunctor

private

transient pointer to minimizer class used to find limits and contour

Definition at line 106 of file LikelihoodInterval.h.

◆ fLikelihoodRatio

RooAbsReal* RooStats::LikelihoodInterval::fLikelihoodRatio

private

snapshot of the model parameters with best fit value (managed internally)

Definition at line 101 of file LikelihoodInterval.h.

◆ fLowerLimits

std::map<std::string, double> RooStats::LikelihoodInterval::fLowerLimits

private

Requested confidence level (eg. 0.95 for 95% CL)

Definition at line 103 of file LikelihoodInterval.h.

◆ fMinFunc

std::shared_ptr<ROOT::Math::IMultiGenFunction> RooStats::LikelihoodInterval::fMinFunc

private

transient pointer to functor class used by the minimizer

Definition at line 107 of file LikelihoodInterval.h.

◆ fMinimizer

std::shared_ptr<ROOT::Math::Minimizer > RooStats::LikelihoodInterval::fMinimizer

private

map with cached upper bound values

Definition at line 105 of file LikelihoodInterval.h.

◆ fParameters

RooArgSet RooStats::LikelihoodInterval::fParameters

private

Definition at line 99 of file LikelihoodInterval.h.

◆ fUpperLimits

std::map<std::string, double> RooStats::LikelihoodInterval::fUpperLimits

private

map with cached lower bound values

Definition at line 104 of file LikelihoodInterval.h.

Libraries for RooStats::LikelihoodInterval:

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:

roofit/roostats/inc/RooStats/LikelihoodInterval.h
roofit/roostats/src/LikelihoodInterval.cxx

References

Public Member Functions

Protected Member Functions

Private Attributes

Additional Inherited Members

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

◆ LikelihoodInterval() [1/2]

◆ LikelihoodInterval() [2/2]

◆ ~LikelihoodInterval()

Member Function Documentation

◆ CheckParameters()

◆ ConfidenceLevel()

◆ CreateMinimizer()

◆ FindLimits()

◆ GetBestFitParameters()

◆ GetContourPoints()

◆ GetLikelihoodRatio()

◆ GetParameters()

◆ IsInInterval()

◆ LowerLimit() [1/2]

◆ LowerLimit() [2/2]

◆ ResetLimits()

◆ SetConfidenceLevel()

◆ UpperLimit() [1/2]

◆ UpperLimit() [2/2]

Member Data Documentation

◆ fBestFitParams

◆ fConfidenceLevel

◆ fFunctor

◆ fLikelihoodRatio

◆ fLowerLimits

◆ fMinFunc

◆ fMinimizer

◆ fParameters

◆ fUpperLimits