limitedobs Class Reference

An experimental measure which is an upper limit on a parameter with a given Confidence Level. More...

#include <model.h>

Inheritance diagram for limitedobs:

Collaboration diagram for limitedobs:

Public Member Functions
	limitedobs (double limit, double cl=0.9, double m=0)
	~limitedobs ()
double	loglikelihood (double hipothesis) const
double	error (double hipothesis) const
Public Member Functions inherited from observable
	observable ()
virtual	~observable ()

Public Attributes
double	s
double	min
double	lim
Public Attributes inherited from observable
uint	copies

Detailed Description

An experimental measure which is an upper limit on a parameter with a given Confidence Level.

Definition at line 52 of file model.h.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

limitedobs::limitedobs ( double  limit, double  cl = 0.9, double  m = 0  )

inline

Parameters

limit	upper limit on the parameter
m	minimum possible value of the parameter
p	1-Confidence Level

Definition at line 60 of file model.h.

                                                     : s(fabs(limit-m)/(1.282+sqrt(M_PI_2))), min(m),lim(limit) {
         if(cl==0.95) s*=(1.282+sqrt(M_PI_2))/(1.645+sqrt(M_PI_2));
         }

limitedobs::~limitedobs ( )

inline

Definition at line 63 of file model.h.

{}

Member Function Documentation

double limitedobs::error ( double  hipothesis ) const

inlinevirtual

Implements observable.

Definition at line 69 of file model.h.

                                        {
        double diff=(hipothesis-min )/s;        
        return diff;
        }

double limitedobs::loglikelihood ( double  hipothesis ) const

inlinevirtual

Parameters

hipothesis

the theoretical hypothesis

Returns

the logarithm of the probability of measuring what was measured, assuming that the hypothesis is true

Implements observable.

Definition at line 64 of file model.h.

                                               {
         double diff=(hipothesis-min-sqrt(M_PI_2)*s)/s;
         if(diff<0) diff=0;
         return diff*diff/2;
        }

Member Data Documentation

double limitedobs::lim

Definition at line 74 of file model.h.

double limitedobs::min

Definition at line 74 of file model.h.

double limitedobs::s

Definition at line 74 of file model.h.

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

• model.h