Hi Nick,
I have to disagree with you. The case with derivation is precisely
to avoid any overhead for users not interested by the new feature.
Rene Brun
Nick van Eijndhoven wrote:
>
> Hi Rene,
> Here is my 2 cents.
> In case of a new class TProfileX deriving from TProfile, one creates
> an unnecessary overhead to my opinion, since some data arrays are
> then always unused.
> Why not introduce a new memberfunction TProfile::SetX()
> (or whatever name) which acts in a way like TH1::Sumw2().
> This would mean that in case one calls SetX before one starts filling,
> the TProfile::Fill will internally interchange the roles of X and Y
> and the mean and rms of X will be computed etc...
> As far as I can judge this would be a most direct way of achieving the
> desired functionality.
>
> Cheers,
> Nick.
>
> --
> Dr. Nick van Eijndhoven mailto:nick@phys.uu.nl http://www.phys.uu.nl/~nick
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Org.: Utrecht University, Faculty of Physics and Astronomy
> Address: Princetonplein 5, NL-3584 CC Utrecht, The Netherlands
> Phone: +31-30-2532331(direct) +31-30-2531492(secr.) Fax: +31-30-2518689
> CERN: +41-22-7679751(direct) +41-22-7675857(secr.) Fax: +41-22-7679480
> Offices: Buys Ballot laboratory Room 710 (Utrecht) B23 1-020 (CERN)
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Rene Brun wrote:
> >
> > Hi Alberto,
> >
> > Your analysis is correct. A TProfile does not compute the mean/rms for each bin
> > along x. I agree that this would be an interesting addition.
> > This extension could be implemented in two ways
> > - new class TProfileX deriving from TProfile with two additional
> > arrays to accumulate sum(w*x) and sum(w*x*x) for each bin
> > - extend the existing TProfile with again 2 possibilities
> > - by default compute the mean/rms per bin
> > - as an option
> > It would be trivial to extend the Fit functions to take into account the errors
> > per bin along x.
> >
> > Comments are welcome.
> >
> > Rene Brun
> >
> > Alberto Garcia Raboso wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi ROOTers,
> > >
> > > I need a variable bin size profile, and so I have had a look on the code
> > > to see what it makes. The problem is that ROOT takes the mean and the
> > > standard deviation only along the y axis, but not in the x axis. Later on
> > > I need to fit the points (x_{m}, y_{m}), where x_{m} is the mean of the
> > > points alog the x axis, and y_{m} the mean along the y axis, weighted eith
> > > the error along the y axis.
> > >
> > > Does anybody know a way to do it, without having to use a TGraphErrors and
> > > to calculate all the errors manually?
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance,
> > >
> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > > Alberto Garcia Raboso
> > > Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain)
> > > E-Mail: Alberto.Garcia.Raboso@cern.ch
> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > > Well, farewell, my hobbits! You should come safe to your own
> > > homes now, and I shall not be kept awake for fear of your
> > > peril. We will send word when we may, and some of us may yet
> > > meet at times; but I fear that we shall not all be gathered
> > > together ever again.
> > >
> > > The return of the King. J.R.R. Tolkien
> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : Thu Jan 01 2004 - 17:50:09 MET