Minuit C++

Minimization of mathematical functions can be subtle to understand, difficult to implement and numerically intensive. This library is a fork and "re-factoring" of the world-renowned ROOT::Minuit2 v5.28.00 C++ minimization package. The goal of this project is to enhance the availability and portability of Minuit2 for use in other projects like, say, Android apps.

The features of this fork include:

• Licensed as Free Software under GPLv3.
• Introduction of CMake build system.
• Depends only on the C/C++ standard libraries.
• Tutorials and examples (still in progress).
• Unit and sanity tests (still in progress).

Installation

Build

From the top level minuit-cpp source directory one can follow a standard CMake procedure to compile this library:

mkdir build && cd build
cmake ..
make

Both a static archive (libminuit-cpp.a) and a shared object library (libminuit-cpp.so) are created in build/lib. Information about the (local) built objects can be accessed by running build/bin/minuit-cpp-config --help.

Install

From the build directory use:

sudo make install

to install (the libraries and headers) to /usr/local. Information about the installed objects can be accessed by running pkg-config minuit-cpp --help.

Contribute

Bug reports, example usages, complaints or any other information that might be helpful in the development of this project should be submitted to the issue traker.

Consider helping with this project. In particular, if you build this library on a non MacOSX or Debian-style system, please let me know.

License

Original

The original ROOT::Minuit2 package contains the following copyright:

Copyright (c) 2005 LCG ROOT Math team, CERN/PH-SFT
Authors: M. Winkler, F. James, L. Moneta, A. Zsenei 2003-2005

This Version

minuit-cpp - C++ Minimization Package Copyright (C) 2013 Doug Hague

This library 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 3 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, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.