Jeffreys's prior is an 'objective prior' based on formal rules. It is calculated from the Fisher information matrix.
The analytic form is not known for most PDFs, but it is for simple cases like the Poisson mean, Gaussian mean, Gaussian sigma.
This class uses numerical tricks to calculate the Fisher Information Matrix efficiently. In particular, it takes advantage of a property of the 'Asimov data' as described in Asymptotic formulae for likelihood-based tests of new physics Glen Cowan, Kyle Cranmer, Eilam Gross, Ofer Vitells http://arxiv.org/abs/arXiv:1007.1727
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[#1] INFO:Minization -- p.d.f. provides expected number of events, including extended term in likelihood.
[#1] INFO:Minization -- createNLL: caching constraint set under name CONSTR_OF_PDF_p_FOR_OBS_x with 0 entries
[#1] INFO:Minization -- RooMinimizer::optimizeConst: activating const optimization
[#1] INFO:Minization -- The following expressions have been identified as constant and will be precalculated and cached: (u)
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** 1 **SET PRINT 1
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** 2 **SET NOGRAD
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PARAMETER DEFINITIONS:
NO. NAME VALUE STEP SIZE LIMITS
1 mu 1.00000e+02 1.99000e+01 1.00000e+00 2.00000e+02
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** 3 **SET ERR 0.5
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** 4 **SET PRINT 1
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** 5 **SET STR 1
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NOW USING STRATEGY 1: TRY TO BALANCE SPEED AGAINST RELIABILITY
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** 6 **MIGRAD 500 1
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FIRST CALL TO USER FUNCTION AT NEW START POINT, WITH IFLAG=4.
START MIGRAD MINIMIZATION. STRATEGY 1. CONVERGENCE WHEN EDM .LT. 1.00e-03
FCN=-360.517 FROM MIGRAD STATUS=INITIATE 4 CALLS 5 TOTAL
EDM= unknown STRATEGY= 1 NO ERROR MATRIX
EXT PARAMETER CURRENT GUESS STEP FIRST
NO. NAME VALUE ERROR SIZE DERIVATIVE
1 mu 1.00000e+02 1.99000e+01 2.01361e-01 -5.66619e-05
ERR DEF= 0.5
MIGRAD MINIMIZATION HAS CONVERGED.
MIGRAD WILL VERIFY CONVERGENCE AND ERROR MATRIX.
COVARIANCE MATRIX CALCULATED SUCCESSFULLY
FCN=-360.517 FROM MIGRAD STATUS=CONVERGED 24 CALLS 25 TOTAL
EDM=4.72209e-14 STRATEGY= 1 ERROR MATRIX ACCURATE
EXT PARAMETER STEP FIRST
NO. NAME VALUE ERROR SIZE DERIVATIVE
1 mu 1.00000e+02 9.98317e+00 1.31866e-03 -2.16215e-06
ERR DEF= 0.5
EXTERNAL ERROR MATRIX. NDIM= 25 NPAR= 1 ERR DEF=0.5
1.000e+02
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** 7 **SET ERR 0.5
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** 8 **SET PRINT 1
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** 9 **HESSE 500
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COVARIANCE MATRIX CALCULATED SUCCESSFULLY
FCN=-360.517 FROM HESSE STATUS=OK 7 CALLS 32 TOTAL
EDM=9.50228e-17 STRATEGY= 1 ERROR MATRIX ACCURATE
EXT PARAMETER INTERNAL INTERNAL
NO. NAME VALUE ERROR STEP SIZE VALUE
1 mu 1.00000e+02 9.98317e+00 2.63731e-04 -5.02515e-03
ERR DEF= 0.5
EXTERNAL ERROR MATRIX. NDIM= 25 NPAR= 1 ERR DEF=0.5
1.000e+02
[#1] INFO:Fitting -- RooAbsPdf::fitTo(p) Calculating sum-of-weights-squared correction matrix for covariance matrix
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** 10 **SET ERR 0.5
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** 11 **SET PRINT 1
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** 12 **HESSE 500
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COVARIANCE MATRIX CALCULATED SUCCESSFULLY
FCN=-360.517 FROM HESSE STATUS=OK 5 CALLS 37 TOTAL
EDM=8.98159e-17 STRATEGY= 1 ERROR MATRIX ACCURATE
EXT PARAMETER INTERNAL INTERNAL
NO. NAME VALUE ERROR STEP SIZE VALUE
1 mu 1.00000e+02 9.98311e+00 1.05492e-05 -5.02515e-03
ERR DEF= 0.5
EXTERNAL ERROR MATRIX. NDIM= 25 NPAR= 1 ERR DEF=0.5
1.000e+02
[#1] INFO:Minization -- RooMinimizer::optimizeConst: deactivating const optimization
RooDataHist::genData[x] = 100 bins (100 weights)
RooFitResult: minimized FCN value: -360.517, estimated distance to minimum: 8.98159e-17
covariance matrix quality: Unknown, matrix was externally provided
Status : MINIMIZE=0 HESSE=0 HESSE=0
Floating Parameter FinalValue +/- Error
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mu 1.0000e+02 +/- 1.00e+01
variance = 100.001
stdev = 10.0001
jeffreys = 0.0999994
[#1] INFO:NumericIntegration -- RooRealIntegral::init(jeffreys_Int[mu]) using numeric integrator RooAdaptiveGaussKronrodIntegrator1D to calculate Int(mu)
[#0] ERROR:Integration -- RooAdaptiveGaussKronrodIntegrator1D::integral() ERROR: maximum number of subdivisions reached
[#1] INFO:NumericIntegration -- RooRealIntegral::init(test_Int[mu]) using numeric integrator RooIntegrator1D to calculate Int(mu)