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1 -*-*- END -*-*-
2
3 *** Version 0.9
4
5 - added classes to perform and study the selection of the
6 2nd Level Trigger on MC data (example in triglvl2.C macro)
7
8 - added pedestal calculation
9
10 - implemented "democratic cleaning" (tail cut value proportional
11 to pixel area) according to Wolfgang's suggestion.
12
13 - added Sigmabar treatment (calculation and basic histogramming)
14
15 - added basic routines to apply padding
16
17 - added first implementation of MARS-based source visibility plotter
18 (needs to be linked against slalib, preliminary version)
19
20 - enhanced functionality of data chains: random numbers, conversion
21 functions and access to MHMatrix objects
22
23 - fixed some bugs in the CT1 Preproc file reader, which gave wrong
24 numbers under certain circumstances (runs with 0 events included)
25
26 - fixed a bug in the general filter MF (didn't work on some systems
27 at all)
28
29 - fixed a bug in chaining files, which caused the analysis to crash or
30 ignore files
31
32 - implemented more geometry classes describing the parameters used
33 to simulate the PMT camera
34
35 - added new Monte Carlo classes containing the setup of the different
36 programs in the MC chain.
37
38 - added a (preliminary) general task to evaluate chi-square of a given
39 parameter in an eventloop.
40
41 - first implementation of a container describing the observatory
42 location (Long, Lat, etc)
43
44 - added Random Forest - method for g/h-separation
45
46 - made compatible with the latest PRO version of root (3.04/02)
47
48
49
50 *** Version 0.8 (2002/11/18)
51
52 - added all subdirectories as Include-Paths for ACLIC (s. rootlogon.C)
53
54 - corrected 48(!) wrong entries in the Next Neighbor table of the
55 Magic Camera (all in the inner part of the outer ring, mostly
56 missing a single NN)
57
58 - Fixed a bug in the table describing the Next Neighbours of the
59 CT1 camera (a pixel 127 doesn't exist and the pixel 126 didn't
60 have any neighbour)
61
62 - changed trigrate.C: now it calculates the pure NSB triggers from
63 a camera file (generated with no showers), so there is no need
64 to introduce them by hand in the BgR array (for more details
65 please ask Abelardo)
66
67 - added MHHadronness (and MHadronness) as a general facility to evaluate
68 the quality of a gamma-hadron seperation method
69
70 - changed MWriteAsciiFile to accept rules (MDataChain)
71
72 - Calls to MWriteAsciiFile::AddContainer and MWriteAsciiFile::AddRule
73 must be replaced by calles to MWriteAsciiFile::AddColumn and
74 MWriteAsciiFile::AddColumns. Be carefull, the arguments have slightly
75 changed.
76
77 - Implemented generalized event-matrices (one row per event)
78 (MHMatrix)
79
80 - implemented the one dimensional composite probabilities
81 (MHCompProb, MCompProbCalc, comprob.C)
82
83 - implemented the Multidimensional Distances (Next Neighbours, Kernel)
84 (MMultiDimDistCalc, multidimdist.C, multidimdist2.C, MHMatrix)
85
86 - Added a camera display displaying the pixel numbers to the
87 event display gui.
88
89 - Added Monte Carlo Informations to event display gui
90
91 - Changed the camera display to display the pixel numbering
92
93 - Added three buttons to the camera display to change the palette
94
95 - Added the number of used and core pixels after image cleaning
96 to MHillas
97
98 - Changed the algorithm used in MHillas according to TDAS 02-03
99
100 - Changed the Alpha range according to TDAS 02-03 to [-90°,90°]
101
102 - Changed the algorithm used in MHillasSrc according to TDAS 02-03
103
104 - Added fCosDeltaAlpha to MHillasSrc
105
106 - The numbers of photons used to calculate fConc and fConc1 in
107 MHillasExt are now scaled with the pixel size, so that one get
108 a four times smaller value for the bigger pixels in the outer ring.
109
110 - added new task to smooth the camera contents (MCameraSmooth)
111
112 - added possibility to use interpolated pixel values for blind pixels
113 instead of removing it completely from the analysis
114
115 - Implemented the possibility to save the whole eventloop with
116 its setup to a file. This information can be read and from
117 it you can (re)create a Macro. See MEvtLoop::Read, MEvtLoop::Write
118 and MEvtLoop::MakeMacro. If you find something not working, please
119 report - this stuff is still in a beta phase.
120
121 - MBlindPixelCalc set all Ceta-Tauri pixels to unused not only for the
122 file having crab starfield, but also for all following files - fixed
123
124 - MTaskList::PrintStatistics can now be instructud to print also the
125 title, too: use PrintStatistics(0, kTRUE)
126
127 - Changed the image cleaning so that pixels with to many 'used'
128 neighbors are left used (to get rid of 'holes' in events)
129
130 - Introduced more output to the camera displays
131
132 - Added an array of histograms (eg one hist per run), MHArray
133
134 - Added a _preliminary_ version of the reader for CT1 PreProc files
135 (MCT1ReadPreProc)
136
137 - Fixed the error calculation of MHMCollectionArea and MHMcIntRate
138 (thanks to Raquel)
139
140 - added the first energy estimator (MEnergyEstParam, estimate.C,
141 estfit.C) using a parametrization
142
143 - Added some new Monte Carlo paremeter containers used to store
144 setup information from the MC chain (MMcConfigRunHeader,
145 MMcCorsikaRunHeader, MGeomPMT, MGeomMirror)
146
147
148
149 *** Version 0.7 (2002/04/30)
150
151 - added a bugfix to MCerPhotCalc. In older camera versions (<=40)
152 the pedestal mean value was saved incorrectly. For files from
153 this versions we substract 0.5 from the pedestal mean.
154 WARNING: This may effect your results, so don't wonder...
155
156 - First implementation of an algorithm using only triggered events
157 for the collection area calculation
158
159 - Ascii Output can now also be used for parameter containers which
160 doesn't overload MParCointainer::AsciiWrite
161
162 - The Ascii Output is now also capable of writing single data members
163 of one container
164
165 - You are now able to change the order of the values written to the
166 ascii file
167
168 - You can now specify a conversion factor for each data member written
169 to an ascii file. This may be usefull to change the units of the
170 data member (eg. degrees instead of millimeters in case of the
171 hillas parameters)
172
173 - Replaced old MHillas by a new structure which allows you to extend
174 the parameters stored in MHillas very easily:
175 see MHillas and MHillasExt
176
177 - Added classes to handle source dependancy of image parameters:
178 see MHillasSrc
179
180 - Added container (MBinning) to have a standard input for the binning
181 in different histograms (eg. the Energy bins should be the same in
182 all histograms)
183
184 - Changed Hillas histograms from mm to deg
185
186 - Added the flexible binning to the hillas histograms
187
188 - Added a filter for the alpha parameter (MFAlpha)
189
190 - It is now possible to write single data members of a class object to
191 an output stream instead of the whole container only
192
193 - Added a generalized filter for a data member:
194 MFDataMember filter("MHillas.fWidth", '<', 0.5);
195
196 - Added a generalized Filter parser for more difficult filter rules
197 MF filter("MHillas.fWidth<0.5 && MHillas.fLength>0.5");
198
199 - Added new Monte Carlo histograms:
200 MHMcEnergyImpact and MHMcEfficiency
201
202 - Added many new histograms needed for the flux calculation.
203
204 - Added a generalized histograms which can fill and show up to three
205 data members in either a one-, two- or three-dimensional histogram, eg:
206 MH3 mh3("MHillas.fWidth", "MHillas.fLength");
207
208 - Added:
209 * calculation of <Theta> as a function of Theta (MHThetabarTheta)
210 * calculation of <Theta> as a function of time (MHThetabarTime)
211 they are needed in the flux calculation in
212 order to select for a given bin in Theta (or time) the appropriate
213 effective collection area, which is assumed to be given as a function
214 of Theta and the true energy
215
216 - Added calculation of the migration matrix in the energy
217 (MHMcEnergyMigration):
218 the migration matrix describes the migration from the true (E_true)
219 to the estimated energy (E_est); it is needed to determine the
220 distribution of E_true from the measured distribution of E_est
221 by unfolding
222
223 - changed the color palette in the camera display to DeapSea.
224
225
226
227 *** Version 0.6 (2002/01/15)
228
229 - Introduce the option of disable pixels (MBlindPixels and
230 MBlindPixelCalc) for the analysis (eg MHillasCalc) to be
231 able to deal with Star Field NSB.
232
233 - Fixed a bug in the pedestals substraction
234
235 - Introduced verbosity levels
236
237 - Introduced a task (MReadMarsFile) which reads the RunHeader tree, too.
238
239 - Fixed several bugs in MFTriggerLvl1 which caused to filter not to
240 work correctly (thanks to Abelardo)
241
242 - Introduced correct treatment of the diffuse Night Sky Background
243 and NSB (MMcPedestalNSB)
244
245 - Corrected treatment of the electronic noise (MMcPedestalCopy)
246
247 - Introduced MMcRunHeaders which contains monte carlo run informations
248
249 - Added a 'Print'-Task (MPrint) which calls the Print function
250 of a parameter container for each event
251
252 - Removed MHtml (was replaced by THtml of root 3.02) in dohtml.C
253
254 - changes to be more efficient with root 3.02/06
255
256 - root 3.02/06 fixes:
257 + the memory leak when reading MRawEvtData
258 + loosing more time than necessary to update the progress bar
259
260 - MWriteAsciiFile is now capable of writing more than one container
261 in a line. For example: To be able to write Monte Carlo and
262 Hillas values (energy and alpha) in one line.
263
264
265
266 *** Version 0.5 (2001/11/06)
267
268 - Added new GUI functionality (Analysis)
269
270 - Added a camera display to be able to display events in the camera
271 together with the calculated hillas ellipse
272
273 - Added a 'Clone'-Task (MClone) which can clone a parameter container
274 object at any state of the analysis, so that the output are several
275 states
276
277 - Fixed a bug in the collection area error calculation
278 (Thanks to Ciro and Abelardo)
279
280 - Fixed a bug which causes merpp to crash in some environments
281
282 - Implemented auto enabling scheme for Branches to speed up reading
283 a lot (see MReadTree and MTask)
284
285 - Fixed a bug in the Histogram classes which caused histograms to
286 be written to a file by MWriteRootFile without request
287
288 - changed the object I/O from the old stylish root I/O to the new
289 'auto evolution scheme' This was done only for classes which are not
290 yet used in Monte Carlo files, so that these files are still readable.
291
292 - Added support for a progress bar in MEvtLoop and MReadTree
293 (see the Analysis Window in Mars for an example)
294
295 - Fixed a bug in the package creation which disturbed the conversion
296 between a mars version unpacked from a tar file and the repository.
297
298 - Changed the code to writer merpped (converted into root format)
299 raw files, to get faster (around 10%)
300
301
302
303 *** Version 0.4 (2001/09/20)
304
305 - This release is made to compile on a root version >= 3.00
306
307 - Fixed a bug which causes MReadTree to read the first file only
308
309 - Added a task to compute the trigger rate (MMcTriggerRateCalc)
310
311 - Added a task to write a container to an Ascii file (MWriteAsciiFile)
312
313 - Added a task to write several container to a root file (MWriteRootFile)
314
315 - Added calculation of the Enegry Threshold (MMcThresholdCalc)
316
317 - Added calculation of the collection area (MMcCollectionAreaCalc)
318
319 - fixed some bugs in the Hillas calculation
320
321 - added filters to be able to control the task execution dependent on
322 a parameter (for example: the number of level 1 triggers in a MC-file)
323
324
325
326 *** Version 0.3 (2001/04/23)
327
328 - Many demo macros added
329
330 - MCT1ReadAscii is now able to handle more than one file (s. ::AddFile)
331
332 - Hillas Calculation added
333
334 - Standard image cleaning available
335
336 - MReadTree is now able to handle more than one file
337 (Remark: of the same structure)
338
339 - Now we are able to display events in a first version of the
340 Camera event display. To do this we must run the macro
341 "macros/readCT1.C" to read data from CT1.
342
343
344
345 *** Version 0.2 (2001/01/24)
346
347 - First Implementation of a Gui to read the raw data. Start the
348 gui with the command mars.
349
350
351
352 *** Version 0.1 (2000/12/20)
353
354 - First official release 0.1
355
356 - Changes:
357
358 + changed calling style of MRawPixelIterator from do...while to
359 while-loop
360
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