| Preprint | |
| Report number | CERN-OPEN-2012-016 |
| Title | HistFactory: A tool for creating statistical models for use with RooFit and RooStats |
| Author(s) | Cranmer, Kyle (New York U.) ; Lewis, George (New York U.) ; Moneta, Lorenzo (CERN) ; Shibata, Akira (New York U.) ; Verkerke, Wouter (NIKHEF, Amsterdam) |
| Publication | 2012 |
| Collaboration | ROOT Collaboration |
| Imprint | 01 Jan 2012 |
| Number of pages | 29 |
| DOI | 10.17181/CERN-OPEN-2012-016 |
| Subject category | Particle Physics - Experiment |
| Keywords | statistics ; probability density function ; data analysis ; LHC |
| Abstract | The HistFactory is a tool to build parametrized probability density functions (pdfs) in the RooFit/RooStats framework based based on simple ROOT histograms organized in an XML file. The pdf has a restricted form, but it is sufficiently flexible to describe many analyses based on template histograms. The tool takes a modular approach to build complex pdfs from more primative conceptual building blocks. The resulting PDF is stored in a RooWorkspace which can be saved to and read from a ROOT file. This document describes the defaults and interface in HistFactory 5.32. |
| Other source | Inspire |
| Copyright/License | Preprint: © 2012-2025 CERN (License: CC-BY-3.0) |
| Submitted by | [email protected] |
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