minuit2GausFit.C:

// @(#)root/minuit2:$Id$
// Author: L. Moneta    10/2005

/**********************************************************************
 *                                                                    *
 * Copyright (c) 2005 ROOT Foundation,  CERN/PH-SFT                   *
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#include "TH1.h"
#include "TF1.h"
#include "TCanvas.h"
#include "TRandom3.h"
#include "TVirtualFitter.h"
#include "TPaveLabel.h"
#include "TStyle.h"

#include <iostream>
#include <string>


void testGausFit( std::string type = "Minuit2", int n = 1000) {

  gRandom = new TRandom3();

  TVirtualFitter::SetDefaultFitter(type.c_str() );

  std::string name;
  name = "h1_" + type;
  TH1D * h1 = new TH1D(name.c_str(),"Chi2 Fit",100, -5, 5. );
  name = "h2_" + type;
  TH1D * h2 = new TH1D(name.c_str(),"Chi2 Fit with Minos Error",100, -5, 5. );
  name = "h3_" + type;
  TH1D * h3 = new TH1D(name.c_str(),"Chi2 Fit with Integral and Minos",100, -5, 5. );
  name = "h4_" + type;
  TH1D * h4 = new TH1D(name.c_str(),"Likelihood Fit with Minos Error",100, -5, 5. );

  gStyle->SetOptStat(1111111);
  gStyle->SetOptFit(1111111);

  for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
     double x = gRandom->Gaus(0,1);
     h1->Fill( x );
     h2->Fill( x );
     h3->Fill( x );
     h4->Fill( x );
  }

  std::string cname = type + "Canvas" ;
  std::string ctitle = type + " Gaussian Fit" ;
  TCanvas *c1 = new TCanvas(cname.c_str(),cname.c_str(),10,10,900,900);
  c1->Divide(2,2);

  c1->cd(1);
  cout << "\nDo Fit 1\n";
  h1->Fit("gaus","Q");
  h1->Draw();
  c1->cd(2);
  cout << "\nDo Fit 2\n";
  h2->Fit("gaus","VE");
  h2->Draw();
  c1->cd(3);
  cout << "\nDo Fit 3\n";
  h3->Fit("gaus","IE");
  h3->Draw();
  c1->cd(4);
  cout << "\nDo Fit 4\n";
  h4->Fit("gaus","VLE");
  h4->Draw();

}

void minuit2GausFit() {

  int n = 1000;
  testGausFit("Minuit2",n);
  testGausFit("Fumili2",n);

}