ProfileLikelihood Class Reference

Profile likelihood calculator. More...

#include <XeStat.h>

Inheritance diagram for ProfileLikelihood:

List of all members.

Public Member Functions
virtual bool	checkPValue ()
	check that p-values are all ok for limit computations
void	doForceSigmaPositive (bool force)
	Force estimated sigma to be positive or zero.
void	estimateCrossSection ()
	estime cross section and save corresponding likelihood
double	getLodD ()
	Return the log likelilood for the estimated sigma.
double	getSigmaHat ()
	Method returning current estimated sigma.
XeGraph *	newGraphOfLogLikelihood (EventRange *er=NULL)
void	printFlagsAndParameters ()
	print All flags and parameters
	ProfileLikelihood (string name)
	Constructor.
	ProfileLikelihood ()
	Empty constructor for root.
double	pValueS (double sigma)
	Compute the p-value for a given cross section.
double	qExclusion (double sigma)
void	updateSigmaUnit ()
	Virtual method: update cross section, in cm^2, corresponding to 1 event.
Protected Member Functions
void	setup ()
	Technical routine for constructors.
Protected Attributes
bool	forceSigmaPositive
double	LogD
double	sigmaHat
LKParameter *	sigPar

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Detailed Description

Profile likelihood calculator.

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Constructor & Destructor Documentation

ProfileLikelihood::ProfileLikelihood

(

string

name

)

Constructor.

Parameters:

name

name of the object

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Member Function Documentation

void ProfileLikelihood::doForceSigmaPositive

(

bool

force

)

Force estimated sigma to be positive or zero.

Parameters:

force

true or false

double ProfileLikelihood::getSigmaHat

(

)

[virtual]

Method returning current estimated sigma.

Returns:

current value of estimated sigma

Reimplemented from PValue.

XeGraph* ProfileLikelihood::newGraphOfLogLikelihood

(

EventRange *

er = NULL

)

Returns:

an XeGraph of Likelihood for a sigma range

Parameters:

er

Event range

double ProfileLikelihood::pValueS

(

double

sigma

)

[virtual]

Compute the p-value for a given cross section.

Returns:

double pValue for a given cross section

Parameters:

sigma

Cross section being tested

Implements PValue.

double ProfileLikelihood::qExclusion

(

double

sigma

)

[virtual]

Returns:

q(sigma) according to PL recipe

Parameters:

sigma

cross sections being testes

Reimplemented from PValue.

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Member Data Documentation

bool ProfileLikelihood::forceSigmaPositive [protected]

Force estimated sigma to be >0?

double ProfileLikelihood::LogD [protected]

Saved value of Log Likelihood at estimated sigma

double ProfileLikelihood::sigmaHat [protected]

Saved value of estimated sigma

LKParameter* ProfileLikelihood::sigPar [protected]

Pointer to main parameter of interest

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

• /home/lellouch/Dropbox/Xenon/Xephyr/XeStat.h