Re: [ROOT] Minuit questions (seg violation error + covariance)

From: Rene Brun (Rene.Brun@cern.ch)
Date: Tue May 28 2002 - 21:57:06 MEST


Hi George,

Replace the line:
gMinuit->mnemat(matrix,3);
by
gMinuit->mnemat(&matrix[0][0],3);

Rene Brun

On Mon, 27 May 2002, lobo wrote:

> Hi rooters,
> I have a problem since some days concerning Minuit in root.
> I have written a small testfile to explain my problems.
> // testfit.C
> void testfit() {
> 
> Double_t x1[]  = {1000,16100,83000,223426,425938};
> Double_t y1[]  = {0.0194932,0.00299029,0.00168717,0.00167152,0.00134782};
> Double_t ex1[] = {40,500,1000,1574.5,3062.5};
> Double_t ey1[] =
> {0.00232989,0.000269625,0.000142085,0.000110943,7.1839e-05};
> TGraphErrors *fluxbkg = new TGraphErrors(5,x1,y1,ex1,ey1);
> fluxbkg->Print();
> TF1 *fitFcn = new TF1("fitFcn",Background,0,450000,3);
> fitFcn->SetParameters(0.,1.,-0.5.);
> fitFcn->Draw();
> fluxbkg->Fit("fitFcn");
> double matrix[3][3];
> gMinuit->mnemat(matrix,3);
> }
> 
> Double_t Background(Double_t *x, Double_t *par) {
> Double_t fitval = TMath::Power(x[0],par[2]);
>   return(par[0]+par[1]*fitval);
> 
> 
> }
> 
> When I load this file (.L testfit.C) and I execute it I got a segmentation
> violation error after the fit.
> 
> [root][1] .L testfit.C
> [root][2] testfit();
> x[0]=1000, y[0]=0.0194932, ex[0]=40, ey[0]=0.00232989
> x[1]=16100, y[1]=0.00299029, ex[1]=500, ey[1]=0.000269625
> x[2]=83000, y[2]=0.00168717, ex[2]=1000, ey[2]=0.000142085
> x[3]=223426, y[3]=0.00167152, ex[3]=1574.5, ey[3]=0.000110943
> x[4]=425938, y[4]=0.00134782, ex[4]=3062.5, ey[4]=7.1839e-05
> <TCanvas::MakeDefCanvas>: created default TCanvas with name c1
>  **********
>  **    1 **SET ERR           1
>  **********
>  **********
>  **    5 **MIGRAD        5000   5.539e-12
>  **********
>  MACHINE ACCURACY LIMITS FURTHER IMPROVEMENT.
>  MIGRAD MINIMIZATION HAS CONVERGED.
>  FCN=3.59539 FROM MIGRAD    STATUS=CONVERGED     258 CALLS         259
> TOTAL
>                      EDM=6.36245e-15    STRATEGY= 1  ERROR MATRIX
> UNCERTAINTY
> 1.6 per cent
>   EXT PARAMETER                                   STEP         FIRST
>   NO.   NAME      VALUE            ERROR          SIZE      DERIVATIVE
>    1  p0           1.30041e-03   8.98106e-05  -0.00000e+00   1.21824e-03
>    2  p1           6.12043e+00   3.81528e+00   0.00000e+00  -1.66377e-07
>    3  p2          -8.43509e-01   7.80422e-02  -0.00000e+00  -6.64307e-06
>  FCN=3.59539 FROM MIGRAD    STATUS=CONVERGED     258 CALLS         259
> TOTAL
>                      EDM=6.36245e-15    STRATEGY= 1  ERROR MATRIX
> UNCERTAINTY
> 1.6 per cent
>   EXT PARAMETER                                   STEP         FIRST
>   NO.   NAME      VALUE            ERROR          SIZE      DERIVATIVE
>    1  p0           1.30041e-03   8.98106e-05  -0.00000e+00   1.21824e-03
>    2  p1           6.12043e+00   3.81528e+00   0.00000e+00  -1.66377e-07
>    3  p2          -8.43509e-01   7.80422e-02  -0.00000e+00  -6.64307e-06
> 
>  *** Break *** segmentation violation
> Root > Function testfit() busy flag cleared
> 
> The starnge thing is if I type all the instruction one by one in the root
> session I got no error, except it I don't type the line fitFcn->Draw();
> before.
> 
> example if I type
> ...
> [root] TF1 *fitFcn = new TF1("fitFcn",Background,0,450000,3);
> [root] fitFcn->SetParameters(0.,1.,-0.5.);
> [root] fitFcn->Draw();
> [root] fluxbkg->Fit("fitFcn");
> ....
> I have no no segvi error.
> But if I type
> 
> [root] TF1 *fitFcn = new TF1("fitFcn",Background,0,450000,3);
> [root] fitFcn->SetParameters(0.,1.,-0.5.);
> [root] fluxbkg->Fit("fitFcn");
> I got a
> *** Break *** segmentation violation
> 
> The other thing is about the mnemat call. When thing are working well I
> got an error when retrieveing the matrix.
> [root] double matrix[3][3];
> [root] gMinuit->mnemat(matrix,3);
> 
> Error: Can't call TMinuit::mnemat(matrix,3) in current scope
> FILE:/tmp/fileOCWcoy_cint LINE:1
> Possible candidates are...
> filename       line:size busy function type and name  (in TMinuit)
> (compiled)        0:0    0 public: virtual void mnemat(Double_t*
> emat,Int_t ndim);
> filename       line:size busy function type and name  (in TNamed)
> filename       line:size busy function type and name  (in TObject)
> *** Interpreter error recovered ***
> 
> Could please someone tell me what is wrong ? I surely made a mistake but I
> can't figure out which.
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> 
> 



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