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NAME

       montecarlo - Test function mos_montecarlo_polyfit()

SYNOPSIS

       esorex montecarlo [OPTIONS] FILE.sof

DESCRIPTION

       This recipe is used to test the mos_montecarlo_polyfit() function.

       It accepts a table with columns x, y, y_err, derives the best polynomial fit y = p(x), and
       produces a table with the polynomial 1-sigma accuracy on the given set of x coordinates.

       Input files:

         DO category:               Type:       Explanation:         Required:
         TABLE                      Raw         Table to evaluate       Y

       Output files:

         DO category:               Data type:  Explanation:
         MODEL_ERROR                FITS image  Model error at different x

OPTIONS

       --x <str>
              Name of independent variable column (str; default: ´x´).  The  full  name  of  this
              option for the EsoRex configuration file is fors.montecarlo.x [default = x].

       --y <str>
              Name of dependent variable column (str; default: ´y´). The full name of this option
              for the EsoRex configuration file is fors.montecarlo.y [default = y].

       --sigma <str>
              Name of error column on dependent variable (str; default: ´´).  The  full  name  of
              this  option  for the EsoRex configuration file is fors.montecarlo.sigma [default =
              ].

       --order <long>
              Order of fitting polynomial (long; default: 1). The full name of  this  option  for
              the EsoRex configuration file is fors.montecarlo.order [default = 1].

       --zero <float>
              Origin  of  x  for  fit (float; default: 0.0). The full name of this option for the
              EsoRex configuration file is fors.montecarlo.zero [default = 0.0].

       --start <float>
              Start x for evaluation (float; default: 0.0). The full name of this option for  the
              EsoRex configuration file is fors.montecarlo.start [default = 0.0].

       --end <float>
              End  x  for  evaluation (float; default: 0.0). The full name of this option for the
              EsoRex configuration file is fors.montecarlo.end [default = 0.0].

       --step <float>
              x sampling interval (float; default: 0.0). The full name of  this  option  for  the
              EsoRex configuration file is fors.montecarlo.step [default = 0.0].

       --trials <long>
              Size  of  statistical sample (long; default: 100). The full name of this option for
              the EsoRex configuration file is fors.montecarlo.trials [default = 100].

       Note that it is possible to create a configuration file containing  these  options,  along
       with  suitable default values. Please refer to the details provided by the 'esorex --help'
       command.

SEE ALSO

       The full documentation for the fors pipeline can be downloaded as a  PDF  file  using  the
       following URL:

              ftp://ftp.eso.org/pub/dfs/pipelines/fors/fors-pipeline-manual-4.9.pdf

       An   overview   over   the   existing   ESO  pipelines  can  be  found  on  the  web  page
       http://www.eso.org/sci/software/pipelines/.

       Basic documentation about the EsoRex program can be found at the esorex (1) man page.

       It is possible to call the pipelines  from  python  using  the  python-cpl  package.   See
       http://packages.python.org/python-cpl/index.html for further information.

       The  other  recipes  of  the  fors  pipeline are fors_align_sky(7), fors_align_sky_lss(7),
       fors_bias(7),   fors_calib(7),   fors_config(7),   fors_dark(7),   fors_detect_objects(7),
       fors_detect_spectra(7),  fors_extract(7),  fors_extract_objects(7), fors_extract_slits(7),
       fors_flatfield(7),  fors_img_science(7),  fors_img_screen_flat(7),   fors_img_sky_flat(7),
       fors_normalise_flat(7),   fors_photometry(7),   fors_pmos_calib(7),  fors_pmos_extract(7),
       fors_pmos_science(7),     fors_remove_bias(7),     fors_resample(7),      fors_science(7),
       fors_spec_mflat(7),   fors_subtract_sky(7),   fors_subtract_sky_lss(7),   fors_sumflux(7),
       fors_trace_flat(7),   fors_wave_calib(7),    fors_wave_calib_lss(7),    fors_zeropoint(7),
       test_hough(7)

VERSION

       montecarlo 5.1.4

AUTHOR

       Carlo Izzo <usd-help@eso.org>

BUG REPORTS

       Please  report  any  problems to usd-help@eso.org. Alternatively, you may send a report to
       the ESO User Support Department <usd-help@eso.org>.

LICENSE

       This file is currently part of  the  FORS  Instrument  Pipeline  Copyright  (C)  2002-2010
       European Southern Observatory

       This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of
       the GNU General Public License as  published  by  the  Free  Software  Foundation;  either
       version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

       This  program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY;
       without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR  PURPOSE.
       See the GNU General Public License for more details.

       You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program;
       if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor,  Boston,
       MA  02110-1301  USA