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class ROOT::Math::GSLMinimizer: public ROOT::Math::BasicMinimizer


   GSLMinimizer class.
   Implementation of the ROOT::Math::Minimizer interface using the GSL multi-dimensional
   minimization algorithms.

   See <A HREF="http://www.gnu.org/software/gsl/manual/html_node/Multidimensional-Minimization.html">GSL doc</A>
   from more info on the GSL minimization algorithms.

   The class implements the ROOT::Math::Minimizer interface and can be instantiated using the
   ROOT plugin manager (plugin name is "GSLMultiMin"). The varius minimization algorithms
   (conjugatefr, conjugatepr, bfgs, etc..) can be passed as enumerations and also as a string.
   The default algorithm is conjugatefr (Fletcher-Reeves conjugate gradient algorithm).

   @ingroup MultiMin

Function Members (Methods)

public:
virtual~GSLMinimizer()
ROOT::Math::BasicMinimizerROOT::Math::BasicMinimizer::BasicMinimizer()
virtual voidROOT::Math::Minimizer::Clear()
virtual boolROOT::Math::Minimizer::Contour(unsigned int ivar, unsigned int jvar, unsigned int& npoints, double* xi, double* xj)
virtual doubleROOT::Math::Minimizer::Correlation(unsigned int i, unsigned int j) const
virtual doubleCovMatrix(unsigned int, unsigned int) const
virtual intROOT::Math::Minimizer::CovMatrixStatus() const
virtual doubleEdm() const
doubleROOT::Math::Minimizer::ErrorDef() const
virtual const double*Errors() const
virtual boolROOT::Math::BasicMinimizer::FixVariable(unsigned int ivar)
virtual boolROOT::Math::Minimizer::GetCovMatrix(double* covMat) const
virtual boolROOT::Math::Minimizer::GetHessianMatrix(double* hMat) const
virtual boolROOT::Math::Minimizer::GetMinosError(unsigned int ivar, double& errLow, double& errUp, int option = 0)
virtual boolROOT::Math::BasicMinimizer::GetVariableSettings(unsigned int ivar, ROOT::Fit::ParameterSettings& varObj) const
virtual doubleROOT::Math::Minimizer::GlobalCC(unsigned int ivar) const
const ROOT::Math::IMultiGradFunction*ROOT::Math::BasicMinimizer::GradObjFunction() const
ROOT::Math::GSLMinimizerGSLMinimizer(ROOT::Math::EGSLMinimizerType type = ROOT::Math::kConjugateFR)
ROOT::Math::GSLMinimizerGSLMinimizer(const char* type)
virtual boolROOT::Math::Minimizer::Hesse()
virtual boolROOT::Math::BasicMinimizer::IsFixedVariable(unsigned int ivar) const
boolROOT::Math::Minimizer::IsValidError() const
unsigned intROOT::Math::Minimizer::MaxFunctionCalls() const
unsigned intROOT::Math::Minimizer::MaxIterations() const
virtual const double*MinGradient() const
virtual boolMinimize()
virtual doubleROOT::Math::BasicMinimizer::MinValue() const
virtual unsigned intNCalls() const
virtual unsigned intROOT::Math::BasicMinimizer::NDim() const
virtual unsigned intROOT::Math::BasicMinimizer::NFree() const
virtual unsigned intROOT::Math::Minimizer::NIterations() const
virtual unsigned intROOT::Math::BasicMinimizer::NPar() const
const ROOT::Math::IMultiGenFunction*ROOT::Math::BasicMinimizer::ObjFunction() const
virtual ROOT::Math::MinimizerOptionsROOT::Math::Minimizer::Options() const
doubleROOT::Math::Minimizer::Precision() const
intROOT::Math::Minimizer::PrintLevel() const
voidROOT::Math::BasicMinimizer::PrintResult() const
virtual voidROOT::Math::Minimizer::PrintResults()
virtual boolProvidesError() const
virtual boolROOT::Math::BasicMinimizer::ReleaseVariable(unsigned int ivar)
virtual boolROOT::Math::Minimizer::Scan(unsigned int ivar, unsigned int& nstep, double* x, double* y, double xmin = 0, double xmax = 0)
voidROOT::Math::Minimizer::SetDefaultOptions()
voidROOT::Math::Minimizer::SetErrorDef(double up)
virtual boolROOT::Math::BasicMinimizer::SetFixedVariable(unsigned int, const string&, double)
virtual voidSetFunction(const ROOT::Math::IMultiGenFunction& func)
virtual voidSetFunction(const ROOT::Math::IMultiGradFunction& func)
virtual boolROOT::Math::BasicMinimizer::SetLimitedVariable(unsigned int ivar, const string& name, double val, double step, double, double)
virtual boolROOT::Math::BasicMinimizer::SetLowerLimitedVariable(unsigned int ivar, const string& name, double val, double step, double lower)
voidROOT::Math::Minimizer::SetMaxFunctionCalls(unsigned int maxfcn)
voidROOT::Math::Minimizer::SetMaxIterations(unsigned int maxiter)
voidROOT::Math::Minimizer::SetOptions(const ROOT::Math::MinimizerOptions& opt)
voidROOT::Math::Minimizer::SetPrecision(double prec)
voidROOT::Math::Minimizer::SetPrintLevel(int level)
voidROOT::Math::Minimizer::SetStrategy(int strategyLevel)
voidROOT::Math::Minimizer::SetTolerance(double tol)
virtual boolROOT::Math::BasicMinimizer::SetUpperLimitedVariable(unsigned int ivar, const string& name, double val, double step, double upper)
voidROOT::Math::Minimizer::SetValidError(bool on)
virtual boolROOT::Math::BasicMinimizer::SetVariable(unsigned int ivar, const string& name, double val, double step)
virtual boolROOT::Math::Minimizer::SetVariableInitialRange(unsigned int, double, double)
virtual boolROOT::Math::BasicMinimizer::SetVariableLimits(unsigned int ivar, double lower, double upper)
virtual boolROOT::Math::BasicMinimizer::SetVariableLowerLimit(unsigned int ivar, double lower)
virtual boolROOT::Math::BasicMinimizer::SetVariableStepSize(unsigned int ivar, double step)
virtual boolROOT::Math::BasicMinimizer::SetVariableUpperLimit(unsigned int ivar, double upper)
virtual boolROOT::Math::BasicMinimizer::SetVariableValue(unsigned int ivar, double val)
virtual boolROOT::Math::BasicMinimizer::SetVariableValues(const double* x)
intROOT::Math::Minimizer::Status() const
virtual const double*ROOT::Math::BasicMinimizer::StepSizes() const
intROOT::Math::Minimizer::Strategy() const
doubleROOT::Math::Minimizer::Tolerance() const
const ROOT::Math::MinimTransformFunction*ROOT::Math::BasicMinimizer::TransformFunction() const
virtual intROOT::Math::BasicMinimizer::VariableIndex(const string& name) const
virtual stringROOT::Math::BasicMinimizer::VariableName(unsigned int ivar) const
virtual const double*ROOT::Math::BasicMinimizer::X() const

Data Members

protected:
ROOT::Math::MinimizerOptionsROOT::Math::Minimizer::fOptionsminimizer options
intROOT::Math::Minimizer::fStatusstatus of minimizer
boolROOT::Math::Minimizer::fValidErrorflag to control if errors have been validated (Hesse has been run in case of Minuit)
private:
ROOT::Math::GSLMultiMinimizer*fGSLMultiMin
doublefLSToleranceLine Search Tolerance

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Function documentation

GSLMinimizer(ROOT::Math::EGSLMinimizerType type = ROOT::Math::kConjugateFR)
      Default constructor

GSLMinimizer(const char* type)
      Constructor with a string giving name of algorithm

virtual ~GSLMinimizer()
      Destructor

GSLMinimizer(const ROOT::Math::GSLMinimizer& )
 usually copying is non trivial, so we make this unaccessible

      Copy constructor

{}
void SetFunction(const ROOT::Math::IMultiGenFunction& func)
 set the function to minimize
void SetFunction(const ROOT::Math::IMultiGradFunction& func)
 set the function to minimize
bool Minimize()
 method to perform the minimization
double Edm() const
 return expected distance reached from the minimum
const double * MinGradient() const
 return pointer to gradient values at the minimum
unsigned int NCalls() const
 number of function calls to reach the minimum
bool ProvidesError() const
 minimizer provides error and error matrix
{ return false; }
const double * Errors() const
 return errors at the minimum
double CovMatrix(unsigned int , unsigned int ) const
 return covariance matrices elements
       if the variable is fixed the matrix is zero
       The ordering of the variables is the same as in errors

{ return 0; }