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2 *** Version <cvs>
3
4 *** Version 0.8.1 (2003/10/20)
5
6 - added signal subtraction for pure on data by means of fitting
7 the background in the off region or by performing a combined
8 signal/background fit. Provides necessary histograms for
9 obtaining energy spectra and a light curve.
10
11 - added classes to perform and study the selection of the
12 2nd Level Trigger on MC data (example in triglvl2.C macro)
13
14 - added pedestal calculation
15
16 - implemented "democratic cleaning" (tail cut value proportional
17 to pixel area) according to Wolfgang's suggestion.
18
19 - added Sigmabar treatment (calculation and basic histogramming)
20
21 - added basic routines to apply padding
22
23 - added first implementation of MARS-based source visibility plotter
24 (needs to be linked against slalib, preliminary version)
25
26 - enhanced functionality of data chains: random numbers, conversion
27 functions and access to MHMatrix objects
28
29 - fixed some bugs in the CT1 Preproc file reader, which gave wrong
30 numbers under certain circumstances (runs with 0 events included)
31
32 - fixed a bug in the general filter MF (didn't work on some systems
33 at all)
34
35 - fixed a bug in chaining files, which caused the analysis to crash or
36 ignore files
37
38 - implemented more geometry classes describing the parameters used
39 to simulate the PMT camera
40
41 - added new Monte Carlo classes containing the setup of the different
42 programs in the MC chain.
43
44 - added a (preliminary) general task to evaluate chi-square of a given
45 parameter in an eventloop.
46
47 - first implementation of a container describing the observatory
48 location (Long, Lat, etc)
49
50 - added Random Forest - method for g/h-separation
51
52 - made compatible with the latest PRO version of root (3.04/02 and 3.05/07)
53 (this means, that it is compiling, but not yet fully tested)
54
55 - added a new status display which can show the present status
56 of histograms while an eventloop is running (MStatusDisplay,
57 an example can be found at status.C)
58
59 - reorganized directories:
60 classes describing the image --> mimage
61 classes containing Monte Carlo Histograms --> mhistmc
62 classes for Random Forest method --> mranforest
63
64 - added (event-)weights to fill histograms
65
66 - colors in logging output to screen
67
68 - changes to the Image Parameter declaration:
69 + moved fConc, fConc1 from MHillasSrc to MNewImagePar
70 + moved fNumUsedPix, fNumCorePix from MHillas to MNewImagePar
71 + MHillasExt now derives from MParContainer instead of MHillas
72 --> Files written with the old definition are more or less unreadable
73
74 - reading of reflector files
75
76 - display data from reflector files in the camera
77
78 - implemented currents (and display them in the camera)
79
80 - logarithmic scale in camera
81
82 - added class to iterate through directory contents (MDirIter)
83
84
85
86 *** Version 0.8 (2002/11/18)
87
88 - added all subdirectories as Include-Paths for ACLIC (s. rootlogon.C)
89
90 - corrected 48(!) wrong entries in the Next Neighbor table of the
91 Magic Camera (all in the inner part of the outer ring, mostly
92 missing a single NN)
93
94 - Fixed a bug in the table describing the Next Neighbours of the
95 CT1 camera (a pixel 127 doesn't exist and the pixel 126 didn't
96 have any neighbour)
97
98 - changed trigrate.C: now it calculates the pure NSB triggers from
99 a camera file (generated with no showers), so there is no need
100 to introduce them by hand in the BgR array (for more details
101 please ask Abelardo)
102
103 - added MHHadronness (and MHadronness) as a general facility to evaluate
104 the quality of a gamma-hadron seperation method
105
106 - changed MWriteAsciiFile to accept rules (MDataChain)
107
108 - Calls to MWriteAsciiFile::AddContainer and MWriteAsciiFile::AddRule
109 must be replaced by calles to MWriteAsciiFile::AddColumn and
110 MWriteAsciiFile::AddColumns. Be carefull, the arguments have slightly
111 changed.
112
113 - Implemented generalized event-matrices (one row per event)
114 (MHMatrix)
115
116 - implemented the one dimensional composite probabilities
117 (MHCompProb, MCompProbCalc, comprob.C)
118
119 - implemented the Multidimensional Distances (Next Neighbours, Kernel)
120 (MMultiDimDistCalc, multidimdist.C, multidimdist2.C, MHMatrix)
121
122 - Added a camera display displaying the pixel numbers to the
123 event display gui.
124
125 - Added Monte Carlo Informations to event display gui
126
127 - Changed the camera display to display the pixel numbering
128
129 - Added three buttons to the camera display to change the palette
130
131 - Added the number of used and core pixels after image cleaning
132 to MHillas
133
134 - Changed the algorithm used in MHillas according to TDAS 02-03
135
136 - Changed the Alpha range according to TDAS 02-03 to [-90°,90°]
137
138 - Changed the algorithm used in MHillasSrc according to TDAS 02-03
139
140 - Added fCosDeltaAlpha to MHillasSrc
141
142 - The numbers of photons used to calculate fConc and fConc1 in
143 MHillasExt are now scaled with the pixel size, so that one get
144 a four times smaller value for the bigger pixels in the outer ring.
145
146 - added new task to smooth the camera contents (MCameraSmooth)
147
148 - added possibility to use interpolated pixel values for blind pixels
149 instead of removing it completely from the analysis
150
151 - Implemented the possibility to save the whole eventloop with
152 its setup to a file. This information can be read and from
153 it you can (re)create a Macro. See MEvtLoop::Read, MEvtLoop::Write
154 and MEvtLoop::MakeMacro. If you find something not working, please
155 report - this stuff is still in a beta phase.
156
157 - MBlindPixelCalc set all Ceta-Tauri pixels to unused not only for the
158 file having crab starfield, but also for all following files - fixed
159
160 - MTaskList::PrintStatistics can now be instructud to print also the
161 title, too: use PrintStatistics(0, kTRUE)
162
163 - Changed the image cleaning so that pixels with to many 'used'
164 neighbors are left used (to get rid of 'holes' in events)
165
166 - Introduced more output to the camera displays
167
168 - Added an array of histograms (eg one hist per run), MHArray
169
170 - Added a _preliminary_ version of the reader for CT1 PreProc files
171 (MCT1ReadPreProc)
172
173 - Fixed the error calculation of MHMCollectionArea and MHMcIntRate
174 (thanks to Raquel)
175
176 - added the first energy estimator (MEnergyEstParam, estimate.C,
177 estfit.C) using a parametrization
178
179 - Added some new Monte Carlo paremeter containers used to store
180 setup information from the MC chain (MMcConfigRunHeader,
181 MMcCorsikaRunHeader, MGeomPMT, MGeomMirror)
182
183
184
185 *** Version 0.7 (2002/04/30)
186
187 - added a bugfix to MCerPhotCalc. In older camera versions (<=40)
188 the pedestal mean value was saved incorrectly. For files from
189 this versions we substract 0.5 from the pedestal mean.
190 WARNING: This may effect your results, so don't wonder...
191
192 - First implementation of an algorithm using only triggered events
193 for the collection area calculation
194
195 - Ascii Output can now also be used for parameter containers which
196 doesn't overload MParCointainer::AsciiWrite
197
198 - The Ascii Output is now also capable of writing single data members
199 of one container
200
201 - You are now able to change the order of the values written to the
202 ascii file
203
204 - You can now specify a conversion factor for each data member written
205 to an ascii file. This may be usefull to change the units of the
206 data member (eg. degrees instead of millimeters in case of the
207 hillas parameters)
208
209 - Replaced old MHillas by a new structure which allows you to extend
210 the parameters stored in MHillas very easily:
211 see MHillas and MHillasExt
212
213 - Added classes to handle source dependancy of image parameters:
214 see MHillasSrc
215
216 - Added container (MBinning) to have a standard input for the binning
217 in different histograms (eg. the Energy bins should be the same in
218 all histograms)
219
220 - Changed Hillas histograms from mm to deg
221
222 - Added the flexible binning to the hillas histograms
223
224 - Added a filter for the alpha parameter (MFAlpha)
225
226 - It is now possible to write single data members of a class object to
227 an output stream instead of the whole container only
228
229 - Added a generalized filter for a data member:
230 MFDataMember filter("MHillas.fWidth", '<', 0.5);
231
232 - Added a generalized Filter parser for more difficult filter rules
233 MF filter("MHillas.fWidth<0.5 && MHillas.fLength>0.5");
234
235 - Added new Monte Carlo histograms:
236 MHMcEnergyImpact and MHMcEfficiency
237
238 - Added many new histograms needed for the flux calculation.
239
240 - Added a generalized histograms which can fill and show up to three
241 data members in either a one-, two- or three-dimensional histogram, eg:
242 MH3 mh3("MHillas.fWidth", "MHillas.fLength");
243
244 - Added:
245 * calculation of <Theta> as a function of Theta (MHThetabarTheta)
246 * calculation of <Theta> as a function of time (MHThetabarTime)
247 they are needed in the flux calculation in
248 order to select for a given bin in Theta (or time) the appropriate
249 effective collection area, which is assumed to be given as a function
250 of Theta and the true energy
251
252 - Added calculation of the migration matrix in the energy
253 (MHMcEnergyMigration):
254 the migration matrix describes the migration from the true (E_true)
255 to the estimated energy (E_est); it is needed to determine the
256 distribution of E_true from the measured distribution of E_est
257 by unfolding
258
259 - changed the color palette in the camera display to DeapSea.
260
261
262
263 *** Version 0.6 (2002/01/15)
264
265 - Introduce the option of disable pixels (MBlindPixels and
266 MBlindPixelCalc) for the analysis (eg MHillasCalc) to be
267 able to deal with Star Field NSB.
268
269 - Fixed a bug in the pedestals substraction
270
271 - Introduced verbosity levels
272
273 - Introduced a task (MReadMarsFile) which reads the RunHeader tree, too.
274
275 - Fixed several bugs in MFTriggerLvl1 which caused to filter not to
276 work correctly (thanks to Abelardo)
277
278 - Introduced correct treatment of the diffuse Night Sky Background
279 and NSB (MMcPedestalNSB)
280
281 - Corrected treatment of the electronic noise (MMcPedestalCopy)
282
283 - Introduced MMcRunHeaders which contains monte carlo run informations
284
285 - Added a 'Print'-Task (MPrint) which calls the Print function
286 of a parameter container for each event
287
288 - Removed MHtml (was replaced by THtml of root 3.02) in dohtml.C
289
290 - changes to be more efficient with root 3.02/06
291
292 - root 3.02/06 fixes:
293 + the memory leak when reading MRawEvtData
294 + loosing more time than necessary to update the progress bar
295
296 - MWriteAsciiFile is now capable of writing more than one container
297 in a line. For example: To be able to write Monte Carlo and
298 Hillas values (energy and alpha) in one line.
299
300
301
302 *** Version 0.5 (2001/11/06)
303
304 - Added new GUI functionality (Analysis)
305
306 - Added a camera display to be able to display events in the camera
307 together with the calculated hillas ellipse
308
309 - Added a 'Clone'-Task (MClone) which can clone a parameter container
310 object at any state of the analysis, so that the output are several
311 states
312
313 - Fixed a bug in the collection area error calculation
314 (Thanks to Ciro and Abelardo)
315
316 - Fixed a bug which causes merpp to crash in some environments
317
318 - Implemented auto enabling scheme for Branches to speed up reading
319 a lot (see MReadTree and MTask)
320
321 - Fixed a bug in the Histogram classes which caused histograms to
322 be written to a file by MWriteRootFile without request
323
324 - changed the object I/O from the old stylish root I/O to the new
325 'auto evolution scheme' This was done only for classes which are not
326 yet used in Monte Carlo files, so that these files are still readable.
327
328 - Added support for a progress bar in MEvtLoop and MReadTree
329 (see the Analysis Window in Mars for an example)
330
331 - Fixed a bug in the package creation which disturbed the conversion
332 between a mars version unpacked from a tar file and the repository.
333
334 - Changed the code to writer merpped (converted into root format)
335 raw files, to get faster (around 10%)
336
337
338
339 *** Version 0.4 (2001/09/20)
340
341 - This release is made to compile on a root version >= 3.00
342
343 - Fixed a bug which causes MReadTree to read the first file only
344
345 - Added a task to compute the trigger rate (MMcTriggerRateCalc)
346
347 - Added a task to write a container to an Ascii file (MWriteAsciiFile)
348
349 - Added a task to write several container to a root file (MWriteRootFile)
350
351 - Added calculation of the Enegry Threshold (MMcThresholdCalc)
352
353 - Added calculation of the collection area (MMcCollectionAreaCalc)
354
355 - fixed some bugs in the Hillas calculation
356
357 - added filters to be able to control the task execution dependent on
358 a parameter (for example: the number of level 1 triggers in a MC-file)
359
360
361
362 *** Version 0.3 (2001/04/23)
363
364 - Many demo macros added
365
366 - MCT1ReadAscii is now able to handle more than one file (s. ::AddFile)
367
368 - Hillas Calculation added
369
370 - Standard image cleaning available
371
372 - MReadTree is now able to handle more than one file
373 (Remark: of the same structure)
374
375 - Now we are able to display events in a first version of the
376 Camera event display. To do this we must run the macro
377 "macros/readCT1.C" to read data from CT1.
378
379
380
381 *** Version 0.2 (2001/01/24)
382
383 - First Implementation of a Gui to read the raw data. Start the
384 gui with the command mars.
385
386
387
388 *** Version 0.1 (2000/12/20)
389
390 - First official release 0.1
391
392 - Changes:
393
394 + changed calling style of MRawPixelIterator from do...while to
395 while-loop
396
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