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2 *** Version <cvs>
3
4 - accelerated standard analysis by a factor of 6-8 ...
5 + doing precalculations in MGeomCam for the pixel area ratio
6 + creating a look up table for the single pixels in MCerPhotEvt
7 - added task to calculates weights in case you want to 'change'
8 the energy spectrum of a monte carlo file
9 (MMcWeightEnergySpecCalc - Great work from Marcos Lopez Moya)
10 - added a new executable star which has implements the
11 star.C macro as precompiled executable. Currently a flexible
12 setup is not possible, but a 'input card' setup will follow.
13 - Starting to implement Multi-Telescope-Support based on the
14 upcomming camera version 0.7. The base for a general support
15 is implemented and the star-functionality is proven to work.
16 - Replaced Event-Display in and Camera-Display in the Mars GUI
17 executable by a more convinient display base on MStatusDisplay.
18
19
20
21 *** Version 0.8.1 (2003/10/20)
22
23 - added signal subtraction for pure on data by means of fitting
24 the background in the off region or by performing a combined
25 signal/background fit. Provides necessary histograms for
26 obtaining energy spectra and a light curve.
27
28 - added classes to perform and study the selection of the
29 2nd Level Trigger on MC data (example in triglvl2.C macro)
30
31 - added pedestal calculation
32
33 - implemented "democratic cleaning" (tail cut value proportional
34 to pixel area) according to Wolfgang's suggestion.
35
36 - added Sigmabar treatment (calculation and basic histogramming)
37
38 - added basic routines to apply padding
39
40 - added first implementation of MARS-based source visibility plotter
41 (needs to be linked against slalib, preliminary version)
42
43 - enhanced functionality of data chains: random numbers, conversion
44 functions and access to MHMatrix objects
45
46 - fixed some bugs in the CT1 Preproc file reader, which gave wrong
47 numbers under certain circumstances (runs with 0 events included)
48
49 - fixed a bug in the general filter MF (didn't work on some systems
50 at all)
51
52 - fixed a bug in chaining files, which caused the analysis to crash or
53 ignore files
54
55 - implemented more geometry classes describing the parameters used
56 to simulate the PMT camera
57
58 - added new Monte Carlo classes containing the setup of the different
59 programs in the MC chain.
60
61 - added a (preliminary) general task to evaluate chi-square of a given
62 parameter in an eventloop.
63
64 - first implementation of a container describing the observatory
65 location (Long, Lat, etc)
66
67 - added Random Forest - method for g/h-separation
68
69 - made compatible with the latest PRO version of root (3.04/02 and 3.05/07)
70 (this means, that it is compiling, but not yet fully tested)
71
72 - added a new status display which can show the present status
73 of histograms while an eventloop is running (MStatusDisplay,
74 an example can be found at status.C)
75
76 - reorganized directories:
77 classes describing the image --> mimage
78 classes containing Monte Carlo Histograms --> mhistmc
79 classes for Random Forest method --> mranforest
80
81 - added (event-)weights to fill histograms
82
83 - colors in logging output to screen
84
85 - changes to the Image Parameter declaration:
86 + moved fConc, fConc1 from MHillasSrc to MNewImagePar
87 + moved fNumUsedPix, fNumCorePix from MHillas to MNewImagePar
88 + MHillasExt now derives from MParContainer instead of MHillas
89 --> Files written with the old definition are more or less unreadable
90
91 - reading of reflector files
92
93 - display data from reflector files in the camera
94
95 - implemented currents (and display them in the camera)
96
97 - logarithmic scale in camera
98
99 - added class to iterate through directory contents (MDirIter)
100
101
102
103 *** Version 0.8 (2002/11/18)
104
105 - added all subdirectories as Include-Paths for ACLIC (s. rootlogon.C)
106
107 - corrected 48(!) wrong entries in the Next Neighbor table of the
108 Magic Camera (all in the inner part of the outer ring, mostly
109 missing a single NN)
110
111 - Fixed a bug in the table describing the Next Neighbours of the
112 CT1 camera (a pixel 127 doesn't exist and the pixel 126 didn't
113 have any neighbour)
114
115 - changed trigrate.C: now it calculates the pure NSB triggers from
116 a camera file (generated with no showers), so there is no need
117 to introduce them by hand in the BgR array (for more details
118 please ask Abelardo)
119
120 - added MHHadronness (and MHadronness) as a general facility to evaluate
121 the quality of a gamma-hadron seperation method
122
123 - changed MWriteAsciiFile to accept rules (MDataChain)
124
125 - Calls to MWriteAsciiFile::AddContainer and MWriteAsciiFile::AddRule
126 must be replaced by calles to MWriteAsciiFile::AddColumn and
127 MWriteAsciiFile::AddColumns. Be carefull, the arguments have slightly
128 changed.
129
130 - Implemented generalized event-matrices (one row per event)
131 (MHMatrix)
132
133 - implemented the one dimensional composite probabilities
134 (MHCompProb, MCompProbCalc, comprob.C)
135
136 - implemented the Multidimensional Distances (Next Neighbours, Kernel)
137 (MMultiDimDistCalc, multidimdist.C, multidimdist2.C, MHMatrix)
138
139 - Added a camera display displaying the pixel numbers to the
140 event display gui.
141
142 - Added Monte Carlo Informations to event display gui
143
144 - Changed the camera display to display the pixel numbering
145
146 - Added three buttons to the camera display to change the palette
147
148 - Added the number of used and core pixels after image cleaning
149 to MHillas
150
151 - Changed the algorithm used in MHillas according to TDAS 02-03
152
153 - Changed the Alpha range according to TDAS 02-03 to [-90°,90°]
154
155 - Changed the algorithm used in MHillasSrc according to TDAS 02-03
156
157 - Added fCosDeltaAlpha to MHillasSrc
158
159 - The numbers of photons used to calculate fConc and fConc1 in
160 MHillasExt are now scaled with the pixel size, so that one get
161 a four times smaller value for the bigger pixels in the outer ring.
162
163 - added new task to smooth the camera contents (MCameraSmooth)
164
165 - added possibility to use interpolated pixel values for blind pixels
166 instead of removing it completely from the analysis
167
168 - Implemented the possibility to save the whole eventloop with
169 its setup to a file. This information can be read and from
170 it you can (re)create a Macro. See MEvtLoop::Read, MEvtLoop::Write
171 and MEvtLoop::MakeMacro. If you find something not working, please
172 report - this stuff is still in a beta phase.
173
174 - MBlindPixelCalc set all Ceta-Tauri pixels to unused not only for the
175 file having crab starfield, but also for all following files - fixed
176
177 - MTaskList::PrintStatistics can now be instructud to print also the
178 title, too: use PrintStatistics(0, kTRUE)
179
180 - Changed the image cleaning so that pixels with to many 'used'
181 neighbors are left used (to get rid of 'holes' in events)
182
183 - Introduced more output to the camera displays
184
185 - Added an array of histograms (eg one hist per run), MHArray
186
187 - Added a _preliminary_ version of the reader for CT1 PreProc files
188 (MCT1ReadPreProc)
189
190 - Fixed the error calculation of MHMCollectionArea and MHMcIntRate
191 (thanks to Raquel)
192
193 - added the first energy estimator (MEnergyEstParam, estimate.C,
194 estfit.C) using a parametrization
195
196 - Added some new Monte Carlo paremeter containers used to store
197 setup information from the MC chain (MMcConfigRunHeader,
198 MMcCorsikaRunHeader, MGeomPMT, MGeomMirror)
199
200
201
202 *** Version 0.7 (2002/04/30)
203
204 - added a bugfix to MCerPhotCalc. In older camera versions (<=40)
205 the pedestal mean value was saved incorrectly. For files from
206 this versions we substract 0.5 from the pedestal mean.
207 WARNING: This may effect your results, so don't wonder...
208
209 - First implementation of an algorithm using only triggered events
210 for the collection area calculation
211
212 - Ascii Output can now also be used for parameter containers which
213 doesn't overload MParCointainer::AsciiWrite
214
215 - The Ascii Output is now also capable of writing single data members
216 of one container
217
218 - You are now able to change the order of the values written to the
219 ascii file
220
221 - You can now specify a conversion factor for each data member written
222 to an ascii file. This may be usefull to change the units of the
223 data member (eg. degrees instead of millimeters in case of the
224 hillas parameters)
225
226 - Replaced old MHillas by a new structure which allows you to extend
227 the parameters stored in MHillas very easily:
228 see MHillas and MHillasExt
229
230 - Added classes to handle source dependancy of image parameters:
231 see MHillasSrc
232
233 - Added container (MBinning) to have a standard input for the binning
234 in different histograms (eg. the Energy bins should be the same in
235 all histograms)
236
237 - Changed Hillas histograms from mm to deg
238
239 - Added the flexible binning to the hillas histograms
240
241 - Added a filter for the alpha parameter (MFAlpha)
242
243 - It is now possible to write single data members of a class object to
244 an output stream instead of the whole container only
245
246 - Added a generalized filter for a data member:
247 MFDataMember filter("MHillas.fWidth", '<', 0.5);
248
249 - Added a generalized Filter parser for more difficult filter rules
250 MF filter("MHillas.fWidth<0.5 && MHillas.fLength>0.5");
251
252 - Added new Monte Carlo histograms:
253 MHMcEnergyImpact and MHMcEfficiency
254
255 - Added many new histograms needed for the flux calculation.
256
257 - Added a generalized histograms which can fill and show up to three
258 data members in either a one-, two- or three-dimensional histogram, eg:
259 MH3 mh3("MHillas.fWidth", "MHillas.fLength");
260
261 - Added:
262 * calculation of <Theta> as a function of Theta (MHThetabarTheta)
263 * calculation of <Theta> as a function of time (MHThetabarTime)
264 they are needed in the flux calculation in
265 order to select for a given bin in Theta (or time) the appropriate
266 effective collection area, which is assumed to be given as a function
267 of Theta and the true energy
268
269 - Added calculation of the migration matrix in the energy
270 (MHMcEnergyMigration):
271 the migration matrix describes the migration from the true (E_true)
272 to the estimated energy (E_est); it is needed to determine the
273 distribution of E_true from the measured distribution of E_est
274 by unfolding
275
276 - changed the color palette in the camera display to DeapSea.
277
278
279
280 *** Version 0.6 (2002/01/15)
281
282 - Introduce the option of disable pixels (MBlindPixels and
283 MBlindPixelCalc) for the analysis (eg MHillasCalc) to be
284 able to deal with Star Field NSB.
285
286 - Fixed a bug in the pedestals substraction
287
288 - Introduced verbosity levels
289
290 - Introduced a task (MReadMarsFile) which reads the RunHeader tree, too.
291
292 - Fixed several bugs in MFTriggerLvl1 which caused to filter not to
293 work correctly (thanks to Abelardo)
294
295 - Introduced correct treatment of the diffuse Night Sky Background
296 and NSB (MMcPedestalNSB)
297
298 - Corrected treatment of the electronic noise (MMcPedestalCopy)
299
300 - Introduced MMcRunHeaders which contains monte carlo run informations
301
302 - Added a 'Print'-Task (MPrint) which calls the Print function
303 of a parameter container for each event
304
305 - Removed MHtml (was replaced by THtml of root 3.02) in dohtml.C
306
307 - changes to be more efficient with root 3.02/06
308
309 - root 3.02/06 fixes:
310 + the memory leak when reading MRawEvtData
311 + loosing more time than necessary to update the progress bar
312
313 - MWriteAsciiFile is now capable of writing more than one container
314 in a line. For example: To be able to write Monte Carlo and
315 Hillas values (energy and alpha) in one line.
316
317
318
319 *** Version 0.5 (2001/11/06)
320
321 - Added new GUI functionality (Analysis)
322
323 - Added a camera display to be able to display events in the camera
324 together with the calculated hillas ellipse
325
326 - Added a 'Clone'-Task (MClone) which can clone a parameter container
327 object at any state of the analysis, so that the output are several
328 states
329
330 - Fixed a bug in the collection area error calculation
331 (Thanks to Ciro and Abelardo)
332
333 - Fixed a bug which causes merpp to crash in some environments
334
335 - Implemented auto enabling scheme for Branches to speed up reading
336 a lot (see MReadTree and MTask)
337
338 - Fixed a bug in the Histogram classes which caused histograms to
339 be written to a file by MWriteRootFile without request
340
341 - changed the object I/O from the old stylish root I/O to the new
342 'auto evolution scheme' This was done only for classes which are not
343 yet used in Monte Carlo files, so that these files are still readable.
344
345 - Added support for a progress bar in MEvtLoop and MReadTree
346 (see the Analysis Window in Mars for an example)
347
348 - Fixed a bug in the package creation which disturbed the conversion
349 between a mars version unpacked from a tar file and the repository.
350
351 - Changed the code to writer merpped (converted into root format)
352 raw files, to get faster (around 10%)
353
354
355
356 *** Version 0.4 (2001/09/20)
357
358 - This release is made to compile on a root version >= 3.00
359
360 - Fixed a bug which causes MReadTree to read the first file only
361
362 - Added a task to compute the trigger rate (MMcTriggerRateCalc)
363
364 - Added a task to write a container to an Ascii file (MWriteAsciiFile)
365
366 - Added a task to write several container to a root file (MWriteRootFile)
367
368 - Added calculation of the Enegry Threshold (MMcThresholdCalc)
369
370 - Added calculation of the collection area (MMcCollectionAreaCalc)
371
372 - fixed some bugs in the Hillas calculation
373
374 - added filters to be able to control the task execution dependent on
375 a parameter (for example: the number of level 1 triggers in a MC-file)
376
377
378
379 *** Version 0.3 (2001/04/23)
380
381 - Many demo macros added
382
383 - MCT1ReadAscii is now able to handle more than one file (s. ::AddFile)
384
385 - Hillas Calculation added
386
387 - Standard image cleaning available
388
389 - MReadTree is now able to handle more than one file
390 (Remark: of the same structure)
391
392 - Now we are able to display events in a first version of the
393 Camera event display. To do this we must run the macro
394 "macros/readCT1.C" to read data from CT1.
395
396
397
398 *** Version 0.2 (2001/01/24)
399
400 - First Implementation of a Gui to read the raw data. Start the
401 gui with the command mars.
402
403
404
405 *** Version 0.1 (2000/12/20)
406
407 - First official release 0.1
408
409 - Changes:
410
411 + changed calling style of MRawPixelIterator from do...while to
412 while-loop
413
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