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

montecarlo                                            5.1.4                                        MONTECARLO(7)