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2 *** Version <cvs>
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6 *** Version 0.8.2 (2003/11/10)
7
8 - accelerated standard analysis by a factor of 6-8 ...
9 + doing precalculations in MGeomCam for the pixel area ratio
10 + creating a look up table for the single pixels in MCerPhotEvt
11
12 - added task to calculates weights in case you want to 'change'
13 the energy spectrum of a monte carlo file
14 (MMcWeightEnergySpecCalc - Great work from Marcos Lopez Moya)
15
16 - added a new executable star which implements the
17 star.C macro as precompiled executable. Currently a flexible
18 setup is not possible, but a 'input card' setup will follow.
19
20 - Starting to implement Multi-Telescope-Support based on the
21 upcomming camera version 0.7. The base for a general support
22 is implemented and the star-functionality is proven to work.
23
24 - Replaced Event-Display in and Camera-Display in the Mars GUI
25 executable by a more convinient display base on MStatusDisplay.
26
27 - fixed the algorithm for the blind pixel treatment (MBlindPixelCalc)
28
29
30
31 *** Version 0.8.1 (2003/10/20)
32
33 - added signal subtraction for pure on data by means of fitting
34 the background in the off region or by performing a combined
35 signal/background fit. Provides necessary histograms for
36 obtaining energy spectra and a light curve.
37
38 - added classes to perform and study the selection of the
39 2nd Level Trigger on MC data (example in triglvl2.C macro)
40
41 - added pedestal calculation
42
43 - implemented "democratic cleaning" (tail cut value proportional
44 to pixel area) according to Wolfgang's suggestion.
45
46 - added Sigmabar treatment (calculation and basic histogramming)
47
48 - added basic routines to apply padding
49
50 - added first implementation of MARS-based source visibility plotter
51 (needs to be linked against slalib, preliminary version)
52
53 - enhanced functionality of data chains: random numbers, conversion
54 functions and access to MHMatrix objects
55
56 - fixed some bugs in the CT1 Preproc file reader, which gave wrong
57 numbers under certain circumstances (runs with 0 events included)
58
59 - fixed a bug in the general filter MF (didn't work on some systems
60 at all)
61
62 - fixed a bug in chaining files, which caused the analysis to crash or
63 ignore files
64
65 - implemented more geometry classes describing the parameters used
66 to simulate the PMT camera
67
68 - added new Monte Carlo classes containing the setup of the different
69 programs in the MC chain.
70
71 - added a (preliminary) general task to evaluate chi-square of a given
72 parameter in an eventloop.
73
74 - first implementation of a container describing the observatory
75 location (Long, Lat, etc)
76
77 - added Random Forest - method for g/h-separation
78
79 - made compatible with the latest PRO version of root (3.04/02 and 3.05/07)
80 (this means, that it is compiling, but not yet fully tested)
81
82 - added a new status display which can show the present status
83 of histograms while an eventloop is running (MStatusDisplay,
84 an example can be found at status.C)
85
86 - reorganized directories:
87 classes describing the image --> mimage
88 classes containing Monte Carlo Histograms --> mhistmc
89 classes for Random Forest method --> mranforest
90
91 - added (event-)weights to fill histograms
92
93 - colors in logging output to screen
94
95 - changes to the Image Parameter declaration:
96 + moved fConc, fConc1 from MHillasSrc to MNewImagePar
97 + moved fNumUsedPix, fNumCorePix from MHillas to MNewImagePar
98 + MHillasExt now derives from MParContainer instead of MHillas
99 --> Files written with the old definition are more or less unreadable
100
101 - reading of reflector files
102
103 - display data from reflector files in the camera
104
105 - implemented currents (and display them in the camera)
106
107 - logarithmic scale in camera
108
109 - added class to iterate through directory contents (MDirIter)
110
111
112
113 *** Version 0.8 (2002/11/18)
114
115 - added all subdirectories as Include-Paths for ACLIC (s. rootlogon.C)
116
117 - corrected 48(!) wrong entries in the Next Neighbor table of the
118 Magic Camera (all in the inner part of the outer ring, mostly
119 missing a single NN)
120
121 - Fixed a bug in the table describing the Next Neighbours of the
122 CT1 camera (a pixel 127 doesn't exist and the pixel 126 didn't
123 have any neighbour)
124
125 - changed trigrate.C: now it calculates the pure NSB triggers from
126 a camera file (generated with no showers), so there is no need
127 to introduce them by hand in the BgR array (for more details
128 please ask Abelardo)
129
130 - added MHHadronness (and MHadronness) as a general facility to evaluate
131 the quality of a gamma-hadron seperation method
132
133 - changed MWriteAsciiFile to accept rules (MDataChain)
134
135 - Calls to MWriteAsciiFile::AddContainer and MWriteAsciiFile::AddRule
136 must be replaced by calles to MWriteAsciiFile::AddColumn and
137 MWriteAsciiFile::AddColumns. Be carefull, the arguments have slightly
138 changed.
139
140 - Implemented generalized event-matrices (one row per event)
141 (MHMatrix)
142
143 - implemented the one dimensional composite probabilities
144 (MHCompProb, MCompProbCalc, comprob.C)
145
146 - implemented the Multidimensional Distances (Next Neighbours, Kernel)
147 (MMultiDimDistCalc, multidimdist.C, multidimdist2.C, MHMatrix)
148
149 - Added a camera display displaying the pixel numbers to the
150 event display gui.
151
152 - Added Monte Carlo Informations to event display gui
153
154 - Changed the camera display to display the pixel numbering
155
156 - Added three buttons to the camera display to change the palette
157
158 - Added the number of used and core pixels after image cleaning
159 to MHillas
160
161 - Changed the algorithm used in MHillas according to TDAS 02-03
162
163 - Changed the Alpha range according to TDAS 02-03 to [-90°,90°]
164
165 - Changed the algorithm used in MHillasSrc according to TDAS 02-03
166
167 - Added fCosDeltaAlpha to MHillasSrc
168
169 - The numbers of photons used to calculate fConc and fConc1 in
170 MHillasExt are now scaled with the pixel size, so that one get
171 a four times smaller value for the bigger pixels in the outer ring.
172
173 - added new task to smooth the camera contents (MCameraSmooth)
174
175 - added possibility to use interpolated pixel values for blind pixels
176 instead of removing it completely from the analysis
177
178 - Implemented the possibility to save the whole eventloop with
179 its setup to a file. This information can be read and from
180 it you can (re)create a Macro. See MEvtLoop::Read, MEvtLoop::Write
181 and MEvtLoop::MakeMacro. If you find something not working, please
182 report - this stuff is still in a beta phase.
183
184 - MBlindPixelCalc set all Ceta-Tauri pixels to unused not only for the
185 file having crab starfield, but also for all following files - fixed
186
187 - MTaskList::PrintStatistics can now be instructud to print also the
188 title, too: use PrintStatistics(0, kTRUE)
189
190 - Changed the image cleaning so that pixels with to many 'used'
191 neighbors are left used (to get rid of 'holes' in events)
192
193 - Introduced more output to the camera displays
194
195 - Added an array of histograms (eg one hist per run), MHArray
196
197 - Added a _preliminary_ version of the reader for CT1 PreProc files
198 (MCT1ReadPreProc)
199
200 - Fixed the error calculation of MHMCollectionArea and MHMcIntRate
201 (thanks to Raquel)
202
203 - added the first energy estimator (MEnergyEstParam, estimate.C,
204 estfit.C) using a parametrization
205
206 - Added some new Monte Carlo paremeter containers used to store
207 setup information from the MC chain (MMcConfigRunHeader,
208 MMcCorsikaRunHeader, MGeomPMT, MGeomMirror)
209
210
211
212 *** Version 0.7 (2002/04/30)
213
214 - added a bugfix to MCerPhotCalc. In older camera versions (<=40)
215 the pedestal mean value was saved incorrectly. For files from
216 this versions we substract 0.5 from the pedestal mean.
217 WARNING: This may effect your results, so don't wonder...
218
219 - First implementation of an algorithm using only triggered events
220 for the collection area calculation
221
222 - Ascii Output can now also be used for parameter containers which
223 doesn't overload MParCointainer::AsciiWrite
224
225 - The Ascii Output is now also capable of writing single data members
226 of one container
227
228 - You are now able to change the order of the values written to the
229 ascii file
230
231 - You can now specify a conversion factor for each data member written
232 to an ascii file. This may be usefull to change the units of the
233 data member (eg. degrees instead of millimeters in case of the
234 hillas parameters)
235
236 - Replaced old MHillas by a new structure which allows you to extend
237 the parameters stored in MHillas very easily:
238 see MHillas and MHillasExt
239
240 - Added classes to handle source dependancy of image parameters:
241 see MHillasSrc
242
243 - Added container (MBinning) to have a standard input for the binning
244 in different histograms (eg. the Energy bins should be the same in
245 all histograms)
246
247 - Changed Hillas histograms from mm to deg
248
249 - Added the flexible binning to the hillas histograms
250
251 - Added a filter for the alpha parameter (MFAlpha)
252
253 - It is now possible to write single data members of a class object to
254 an output stream instead of the whole container only
255
256 - Added a generalized filter for a data member:
257 MFDataMember filter("MHillas.fWidth", '<', 0.5);
258
259 - Added a generalized Filter parser for more difficult filter rules
260 MF filter("MHillas.fWidth<0.5 && MHillas.fLength>0.5");
261
262 - Added new Monte Carlo histograms:
263 MHMcEnergyImpact and MHMcEfficiency
264
265 - Added many new histograms needed for the flux calculation.
266
267 - Added a generalized histograms which can fill and show up to three
268 data members in either a one-, two- or three-dimensional histogram, eg:
269 MH3 mh3("MHillas.fWidth", "MHillas.fLength");
270
271 - Added:
272 * calculation of <Theta> as a function of Theta (MHThetabarTheta)
273 * calculation of <Theta> as a function of time (MHThetabarTime)
274 they are needed in the flux calculation in
275 order to select for a given bin in Theta (or time) the appropriate
276 effective collection area, which is assumed to be given as a function
277 of Theta and the true energy
278
279 - Added calculation of the migration matrix in the energy
280 (MHMcEnergyMigration):
281 the migration matrix describes the migration from the true (E_true)
282 to the estimated energy (E_est); it is needed to determine the
283 distribution of E_true from the measured distribution of E_est
284 by unfolding
285
286 - changed the color palette in the camera display to DeapSea.
287
288
289
290 *** Version 0.6 (2002/01/15)
291
292 - Introduce the option of disable pixels (MBlindPixels and
293 MBlindPixelCalc) for the analysis (eg MHillasCalc) to be
294 able to deal with Star Field NSB.
295
296 - Fixed a bug in the pedestals substraction
297
298 - Introduced verbosity levels
299
300 - Introduced a task (MReadMarsFile) which reads the RunHeader tree, too.
301
302 - Fixed several bugs in MFTriggerLvl1 which caused to filter not to
303 work correctly (thanks to Abelardo)
304
305 - Introduced correct treatment of the diffuse Night Sky Background
306 and NSB (MMcPedestalNSB)
307
308 - Corrected treatment of the electronic noise (MMcPedestalCopy)
309
310 - Introduced MMcRunHeaders which contains monte carlo run informations
311
312 - Added a 'Print'-Task (MPrint) which calls the Print function
313 of a parameter container for each event
314
315 - Removed MHtml (was replaced by THtml of root 3.02) in dohtml.C
316
317 - changes to be more efficient with root 3.02/06
318
319 - root 3.02/06 fixes:
320 + the memory leak when reading MRawEvtData
321 + loosing more time than necessary to update the progress bar
322
323 - MWriteAsciiFile is now capable of writing more than one container
324 in a line. For example: To be able to write Monte Carlo and
325 Hillas values (energy and alpha) in one line.
326
327
328
329 *** Version 0.5 (2001/11/06)
330
331 - Added new GUI functionality (Analysis)
332
333 - Added a camera display to be able to display events in the camera
334 together with the calculated hillas ellipse
335
336 - Added a 'Clone'-Task (MClone) which can clone a parameter container
337 object at any state of the analysis, so that the output are several
338 states
339
340 - Fixed a bug in the collection area error calculation
341 (Thanks to Ciro and Abelardo)
342
343 - Fixed a bug which causes merpp to crash in some environments
344
345 - Implemented auto enabling scheme for Branches to speed up reading
346 a lot (see MReadTree and MTask)
347
348 - Fixed a bug in the Histogram classes which caused histograms to
349 be written to a file by MWriteRootFile without request
350
351 - changed the object I/O from the old stylish root I/O to the new
352 'auto evolution scheme' This was done only for classes which are not
353 yet used in Monte Carlo files, so that these files are still readable.
354
355 - Added support for a progress bar in MEvtLoop and MReadTree
356 (see the Analysis Window in Mars for an example)
357
358 - Fixed a bug in the package creation which disturbed the conversion
359 between a mars version unpacked from a tar file and the repository.
360
361 - Changed the code to writer merpped (converted into root format)
362 raw files, to get faster (around 10%)
363
364
365
366 *** Version 0.4 (2001/09/20)
367
368 - This release is made to compile on a root version >= 3.00
369
370 - Fixed a bug which causes MReadTree to read the first file only
371
372 - Added a task to compute the trigger rate (MMcTriggerRateCalc)
373
374 - Added a task to write a container to an Ascii file (MWriteAsciiFile)
375
376 - Added a task to write several container to a root file (MWriteRootFile)
377
378 - Added calculation of the Enegry Threshold (MMcThresholdCalc)
379
380 - Added calculation of the collection area (MMcCollectionAreaCalc)
381
382 - fixed some bugs in the Hillas calculation
383
384 - added filters to be able to control the task execution dependent on
385 a parameter (for example: the number of level 1 triggers in a MC-file)
386
387
388
389 *** Version 0.3 (2001/04/23)
390
391 - Many demo macros added
392
393 - MCT1ReadAscii is now able to handle more than one file (s. ::AddFile)
394
395 - Hillas Calculation added
396
397 - Standard image cleaning available
398
399 - MReadTree is now able to handle more than one file
400 (Remark: of the same structure)
401
402 - Now we are able to display events in a first version of the
403 Camera event display. To do this we must run the macro
404 "macros/readCT1.C" to read data from CT1.
405
406
407
408 *** Version 0.2 (2001/01/24)
409
410 - First Implementation of a Gui to read the raw data. Start the
411 gui with the command mars.
412
413
414
415 *** Version 0.1 (2000/12/20)
416
417 - First official release 0.1
418
419 - Changes:
420
421 + changed calling style of MRawPixelIterator from do...while to
422 while-loop
423
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