Re: [ROOT] error bars and fitting

From: Rene Brun (Rene.Brun@cern.ch)
Date: Wed Sep 11 2002 - 19:52:16 MEST


Hi Nicolas,

The comments in GraphFitChisquare function (TGrph.cxx) says:
//*-*-*-*-*-*Minimization function for Graphs using a Chisquare
method*-*-*-*-*
//*-*        =========================================================
//
// In case of a TGraphErrors object, ex, the error along x,  is projected
// along the y-direction by calculating the function at the points x-ex
and
// x+ex.
//
// The chisquare is computed as the sum of the quantity below at each
point:
//
//                     (y - f(x))**2
//         -----------------------------------
//         ey**2 + ((f(x+ex) - f(x-ex))/2)**2
//
// where x and y are the point coordinates

Rene Brun

On Wed, 11 Sep 2002, Nicolas de Sereville wrote:

> Hi Rooters,
> 
> I am fitting TGraphErrors object with my own function without any
> problem. My question is how is handled the x error bar in the calculation
> of the chisquare? I couldn't find it in the source code.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Nicolas
> 
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