line3Dfit.C File Reference

Detailed Description

Fitting of a TGraph2D with a 3D straight line.

run this macro by doing:

root>.x line3Dfit.C+

Processing /builddir/build/BUILD/root-6.12.06/tutorials/fit/line3Dfit.C...
Total Initial distance square = 8.65172e+07
Total final distance square 19988

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Minimizer is Minuit / Migrad
MinFCN                    =        19988
NDf                       =            0
Edm                       =  6.31385e-10
NCalls                    =          257
Par_0                     =      10.3552   +/-   0.39454     
Par_1                     =      19.9602   +/-   0.0689483   
Par_2                     =     0.999198   +/-   0.0444211   
Par_3                     =      2.00379   +/-   0.00780946  
(int) 0

#include <TMath.h>
#include <TGraph2D.h>
#include <TRandom2.h>
#include <TStyle.h>
#include <TCanvas.h>
#include <TF2.h>
#include <TH1.h>
#include <Math/Functor.h>
#include <TPolyLine3D.h>
#include <Math/Vector3D.h>
#include <Fit/Fitter.h>

#include <cassert>

using namespace ROOT::Math;


// define the parametric line equation
void line(double t, const double *p, double &x, double &y, double &z) {
   // a parametric line is define from 6 parameters but 4 are independent
   // x0,y0,z0,z1,y1,z1 which are the coordinates of two points on the line
   // can choose z0 = 0 if line not parallel to x-y plane and z1 = 1;
   x = p[0] + p[1]*t;
   y = p[2] + p[3]*t;
   z = t;
}


bool first = true;

// function Object to be minimized
struct SumDistance2 {
   // the TGraph is a data member of the object
   TGraph2D *fGraph;

   SumDistance2(TGraph2D *g) : fGraph(g) {}

   // calculate distance line-point
   double distance2(double x,double y,double z, const double *p) {
      // distance line point is D= | (xp-x0) cross  ux |
      // where ux is direction of line and x0 is a point in the line (like t = 0)
      XYZVector xp(x,y,z);
      XYZVector x0(p[0], p[2], 0. );
      XYZVector x1(p[0] + p[1], p[2] + p[3], 1. );
      XYZVector u = (x1-x0).Unit();
      double d2 = ((xp-x0).Cross(u)).Mag2();
      return d2;
   }

   // implementation of the function to be minimized
   double operator() (const double *par) {
      assert(fGraph != 0);
      double * x = fGraph->GetX();
      double * y = fGraph->GetY();
      double * z = fGraph->GetZ();
      int npoints = fGraph->GetN();
      double sum = 0;
      for (int i  = 0; i < npoints; ++i) {
         double d = distance2(x[i],y[i],z[i],par);
         sum += d;
      }
      if (first) {
         std::cout << "Total Initial distance square = " << sum << std::endl;
      }
      first = false;
      return sum;
   }

};

Int_t line3Dfit()
{
   gStyle->SetOptStat(0);
   gStyle->SetOptFit();


   //double e = 0.1;
   Int_t nd = 10000;


   // double xmin = 0; double ymin = 0;
   // double xmax = 10; double ymax = 10;

   TGraph2D * gr = new TGraph2D();

   // Fill the 2D graph
   double p0[4] = {10,20,1,2};

   // generate graph with the 3d points
   for (Int_t N=0; N<nd; N++) {
      double x,y,z = 0;
      // Generate a random number
      double t = gRandom->Uniform(0,10);
      line(t,p0,x,y,z);
      double err = 1;
      // do a gaussian smearing around the points in all coordinates
      x += gRandom->Gaus(0,err);
      y += gRandom->Gaus(0,err);
      z += gRandom->Gaus(0,err);
      gr->SetPoint(N,x,y,z);
      //dt->SetPointError(N,0,0,err);
   }
   // fit the graph now

   ROOT::Fit::Fitter  fitter;


   // make the functor objet
   SumDistance2 sdist(gr);
   ROOT::Math::Functor fcn(sdist,4);
   // set the function and the initial parameter values
   double pStart[4] = {1,1,1,1};
   fitter.SetFCN(fcn,pStart);
   // set step sizes different than default ones (0.3 times parameter values)
   for (int i = 0; i < 4; ++i) fitter.Config().ParSettings(i).SetStepSize(0.01);

   bool ok = fitter.FitFCN();
   if (!ok) {
      Error("line3Dfit","Line3D Fit failed");
      return 1;
   }

   const ROOT::Fit::FitResult & result = fitter.Result();

   std::cout << "Total final distance square " << result.MinFcnValue() << std::endl;
   result.Print(std::cout);


   gr->Draw("p0");

   // get fit parameters
   const double * parFit = result.GetParams();

   // draw the fitted line
   int n = 1000;
   double t0 = 0;
   double dt = 10;
   TPolyLine3D *l = new TPolyLine3D(n);
   for (int i = 0; i <n;++i) {
      double t = t0+ dt*i/n;
      double x,y,z;
      line(t,parFit,x,y,z);
      l->SetPoint(i,x,y,z);
   }
   l->SetLineColor(kRed);
   l->Draw("same");

   // draw original line
   TPolyLine3D *l0 = new TPolyLine3D(n);
   for (int i = 0; i <n;++i) {
      double t = t0+ dt*i/n;
      double x,y,z;
      line(t,p0,x,y,z);
      l0->SetPoint(i,x,y,z);
   }
   l0->SetLineColor(kBlue);
   l0->Draw("same");
   return 0;
}

int main() {
   return line3Dfit();
}

Author

Lorenzo Moneta

Definition in file line3Dfit.C.