BernsteinCorrection.h

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// @(#)root/roostats:$Id$
// Author: Kyle Cranmer
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#ifndef ROOSTATS_BernsteinCorrection
#define ROOSTATS_BernsteinCorrection


#include "Rtypes.h"

#include "TH1F.h"
#include "RooWorkspace.h"

namespace RooStats {

   class BernsteinCorrection {

   public:
      BernsteinCorrection(double tolerance = 0.05);
      virtual ~BernsteinCorrection() {}

      Int_t ImportCorrectedPdf(RooWorkspace*, const char*,const char*,const char*);
      void SetMaxCorrection(Double_t maxCorr){fMaxCorrection = maxCorr;}
      void SetMaxDegree(Int_t maxDegree){fMaxDegree = maxDegree;}
      void CreateQSamplingDist(RooWorkspace* wks,
                               const char* nominalName,
                               const char* varName,
                               const char* dataName,
                               TH1F*, TH1F*,
                               Int_t degree,
                               Int_t nToys=500);

   private:

      Int_t    fMaxDegree;     // maximum polynomial degree correction (default is 10)
      Double_t fMaxCorrection; // maximum correction factor at any point (default is 100)
      Double_t fTolerance;     // probability to add an unnecessary term


   protected:
      ClassDef(BernsteinCorrection,2) // A utility to add polynomial correction terms to a model to improve the description of data.
   };
}


#endif