LauMinuit.cc

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// Copyright University of Warwick 2013 - 2013.
// Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0.
// (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)

// Authors:
// Thomas Latham
// John Back
// Paul Harrison

#include <iostream>
#include <algorithm>

#include "TMatrixD.h"
#include "TVirtualFitter.h"

#include "LauFitObject.hh"
#include "LauFitter.hh"
#include "LauMinuit.hh"
#include "LauParameter.hh"
#include "LauParamFixed.hh"

// It's necessary to define an external function that specifies the address of the function
// that Minuit needs to minimise. Minuit doesn't know about any classes - therefore
// use gMinuit->SetFCN(external_function), gMinuit->SetObjectFit(this).
// Here, we use TVirtualFitter* fitter instead of gMinuit, defined below.
// Then, within the external function, invoke an object from this class (LauAllModel), 
// and use the member functions to access the parameters/variables.
extern void logLikeFun(Int_t &npar, Double_t *gin, Double_t &f, Double_t *par, Int_t iflag);


LauMinuit::LauMinuit( Int_t maxPar ) : LauAbsFitter(),
        minuit_(0),
        maxPar_(maxPar),
        nParams_(0),
        nFreeParams_(0),
        twoStageFit_(kFALSE),
        useAsymmFitErrors_(kFALSE),
        fitStatus_({-1,0.0,0.0})
{
        TVirtualFitter::SetDefaultFitter( "Minuit" );
        minuit_ = TVirtualFitter::Fitter( 0, maxPar_ );
}

LauMinuit::~LauMinuit()
{
}

void LauMinuit::initialise( LauFitObject* fitObj, const std::vector<LauParameter*>& parameters )
{
        // Check whether we're going to use asymmetric errors
        if (useAsymmFitErrors_ == kTRUE) {
                std::cout << "INFO in LauMinuit::fit : We are going to calculate the asymmetric fit errors." << std::endl;
                std::cout << "                       : This will, in general, significantly increase the CPU time required for fitting." << std::endl;
        } else {
                std::cout << "INFO in LauMinuit::fit : Only parabolic errors will be calculated." << std::endl;
        }

        // Store the parameters
        params_ = parameters;

        // Hook the external likelihood function to this LauFitter::fitter() and this class.
        minuit_->SetFCN( logLikeFun );
        minuit_->SetObjectFit( fitObj );

        // Clear any stored parameters etc... before using
        minuit_->Clear();

        nParams_ = params_.size();
        std::cout << "INFO in LauMinuit::initialise : Setting fit parameters" << std::endl;
        std::cout << "                              : Total number of parameters = " << nParams_ << std::endl;

        // Define the default relative error
        const Double_t defaultError(0.01);

        // Set-up the parameters
        for (UInt_t i = 0; i < nParams_; ++i) {
                TString name = params_[i]->name();
                Double_t initVal = params_[i]->initValue();
                Double_t initErr = params_[i]->error();
                // If we do not have a supplied estimate of the error, we should make a reasonable guess
                if ( initErr == 0.0 ) {
                        if ( initVal == 0.0 ) {
                                initErr = defaultError;
                        } else if ( TMath::Abs(initErr/initVal) < 1e-6 ) {
                                initErr = TMath::Abs(defaultError * initVal);
                        }
                }
                Double_t minVal = params_[i]->minValue();
                Double_t maxVal = params_[i]->maxValue();
                Bool_t secondStage = params_[i]->secondStage();
                if (this->twoStageFit() && secondStage == kTRUE) {
                        params_[i]->fixed(kTRUE);
                }
                Bool_t fixVar = params_[i]->fixed();

                std::cout << "                              : Setting parameter " << i << " called " << name << " to have initial value " << initVal << ", error " << initErr << " and range " << minVal << " to " << maxVal << std::endl;
                minuit_->SetParameter(i, name, initVal, initErr, minVal, maxVal);

                // Fix parameter if required
                if (fixVar == kTRUE) {
                        std::cout << "                              : Fixing parameter " << i << std::endl;
                        minuit_->FixParameter(i);
                } 
        }

        LauParamFixed pred;
        nFreeParams_ = nParams_ - std::count_if(params_.begin(),params_.end(),pred);

        // Need to set the "SET ERR" command to +0.5 for +/-1 sigma errors
        // for maximum likelihood fit. Very important command, otherwise all
        // extracted errors will be too big, and pull distributions will be too narrow!
        // TODO - The alternative to this is to make FCN = -2log(L) rather than -log(L)
        Double_t argL[2];
        argL[0] = 0.5;
        fitStatus_.status = minuit_->ExecuteCommand("SET ERR", argL, 1);

        //argL[0] = 0;
        //fitStatus_.status = minuit_->ExecuteCommand("SET STRATEGY", argL, 1);
}

LauFitObject* LauMinuit::getFitObject()
{
        return (minuit_!=0) ? dynamic_cast<LauFitObject*>( minuit_->GetObjectFit() ) : 0;
}

const LauAbsFitter::FitStatus& LauMinuit::minimise()
{
        Double_t arglist[2];
        arglist[0] = 1000*nParams_; // maximum iterations
        arglist[1] = 0.05; // tolerance -> min EDM = 0.001*tolerance (0.05)
        fitStatus_.status = minuit_->ExecuteCommand("MIGRAD", arglist, 2);

        // Dummy variables - need to feed them to the function
        // used for getting NLL, EDM and error matrix status
        Double_t errdef;
        Int_t nvpar, nparx;

        if (fitStatus_.status != 0) {

                std::cerr << "ERROR in LauMinuit::minimise : Error in minimising loglike." << std::endl;

        } else {

                // Check that the error matrix is ok
                fitStatus_.status = minuit_->GetStats(fitStatus_.NLL, fitStatus_.EDM, errdef, nvpar, nparx);
                std::cout << "INFO in LauMinuit::minimise : Error matrix status after MIGRAD is: " << fitStatus_.status << std::endl;
                // 0= not calculated at all
                // 1= approximation only, not accurate
                // 2= full matrix, but forced positive-definite
                // 3= full accurate covariance matrix

                // Fit result was OK. Now get the more precise errors.
                fitStatus_.status = minuit_->ExecuteCommand("HESSE", arglist, 1);

                if (fitStatus_.status != 0) {

                        std::cerr << "ERROR in LauMinuit::minimise : Error in HESSE routine." << std::endl;

                } else {

                        // Check that the error matrix is ok
                        fitStatus_.status = minuit_->GetStats(fitStatus_.NLL, fitStatus_.EDM, errdef, nvpar, nparx);
                        std::cout << "INFO in LauMinuit::minimise : Error matrix status after HESSE is: " << fitStatus_.status << std::endl;
                        // 0= not calculated at all
                        // 1= approximation only, not accurate
                        // 2= full matrix, but forced positive-definite
                        // 3= full accurate covariance matrix

                        // Symmetric errors and eror matrix were OK. 
                        // Get asymmetric errors if asked for.
                        if (useAsymmFitErrors_ == kTRUE) {
                                LauFitObject* fitObj = this->getFitObject();
                                fitObj->withinAsymErrorCalc( kTRUE );
                                fitStatus_.status = minuit_->ExecuteCommand("MINOS", arglist, 1); 
                                fitObj->withinAsymErrorCalc( kFALSE );
                                if (fitStatus_.status != 0) {
                                        std::cerr << "ERROR in LauMinuit::minimise : Error in MINOS routine." << std::endl;
                                }
                        }
                }
        }

        // Print results
        fitStatus_.status = minuit_->GetStats(fitStatus_.NLL, fitStatus_.EDM, errdef, nvpar, nparx);
        std::cout << "INFO in LauMinuit::minimise : Final error matrix status is: " << fitStatus_.status << std::endl;
        // 0= not calculated at all
        // 1= approximation only, not accurate
        // 2= full matrix, but forced positive-definite
        // 3= full accurate covariance matrix

        minuit_->PrintResults(3, fitStatus_.NLL);

        // Retrieve the covariance matrix from the fitter
        // For some reason the array returned is as if the matrix is of dimension nParams_ x nParams_
        // but only the elements within the sub-matrix nFreeParams_ x nFreeParams_ have values,
        // the "trailing" elements are zero, so we trim them off.
        Double_t* covMatrix = minuit_->GetCovarianceMatrix();
        covMatrix_.Clear();
        covMatrix_.ResizeTo( nParams_, nParams_ );
        covMatrix_.SetMatrixArray( covMatrix );
        covMatrix_.ResizeTo( nFreeParams_, nFreeParams_ );

        return fitStatus_;
}

void LauMinuit::fixSecondStageParameters()
{
        for (UInt_t i = 0; i < nParams_; ++i) {
                Bool_t secondStage = params_[i]->secondStage();
                if (secondStage == kTRUE) {
                        params_[i]->fixed(kTRUE);
                        minuit_->FixParameter(i);
                }
        }
        LauParamFixed pred;
        nFreeParams_ = nParams_ - std::count_if(params_.begin(),params_.end(),pred);
}

void LauMinuit::releaseSecondStageParameters()
{
        for (UInt_t i = 0; i < nParams_; ++i) {
                Bool_t secondStage = params_[i]->secondStage();
                if (secondStage == kTRUE) {
                        params_[i]->fixed(kFALSE);
                        minuit_->ReleaseParameter(i);
                }
        }
        LauParamFixed pred;
        nFreeParams_ = nParams_ - std::count_if(params_.begin(),params_.end(),pred);
}

void LauMinuit::updateParameters()
{
        for (UInt_t i = 0; i < nParams_; ++i) {
                // Get the value and errors from MINUIT
                Double_t value = minuit_->GetParameter(i);
                Double_t error(0.0);
                Double_t negError(0.0);
                Double_t posError(0.0);
                Double_t globalcc(0.0);
                minuit_->GetErrors(i, posError, negError, error, globalcc);
                params_[i]->valueAndErrors(value, error, negError, posError);
                params_[i]->globalCorrelationCoeff(globalcc);
        }
}

// Definition of the fitting function for Minuit
void logLikeFun(Int_t& npar, Double_t* /*first_derivatives*/, Double_t& f, Double_t* par, Int_t /*iflag*/)
{
        // Routine that specifies the negative log-likelihood function for the fit.
        // Used by the MINUIT minimising code.

        LauFitObject* theModel = LauFitter::fitter()->getFitObject();

        // Set the internal parameters for this model using parameters from Minuit (pars):
        theModel->setParsFromMinuit( par, npar );

        // Set the value of f to be the total negative log-likelihood for the data sample.
        f = theModel->getTotNegLogLikelihood();
}