Fisher Matrix Toolbox (Matlab): request for beta testers
Posted: May 24 2008
Hi,
Just want to let interested people know about the beta release of a general GUI-based Fisher Matrix toolbox called Fisher4cast. It is currently set up for cosmology, but is in fact completely general. It is written in Matlab and released under the GNU license but we will also release a version for Scilab, an open-source framework which has much in common with Matlab.
At this stage we are looking for people willing to test it out and give us feedback before the general release of the code which is currently scheduled for 1 June.
Fisher4cast currently supports cosmological constraints from distance, Hubble rate and growth rate measurements to constrain general FLRW models with arbitrary curvature using the CPL parameterisation of w(z) and outputs several different figures of merit beyond the standard DETF FoM. Our aim was to build a tool that can be used both for education and research.
The package can be downloaded from the Matlab central file exchange site:
http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/ ... tType=file
The zip file also contains a manual, quickstart guide and readme file with a known (but short!) list of bugs. First simply load FM_GUI in Matlab and see the manual if that fails! Please send any bugs/comments/requests/suggestions to [Log in to view email] and feel free to use/extend the software. We are keeping a running list of all contributors.
Many thanks,
Bruce Bassett, Jacques Kotze, Renee Hlozek and Yabebal Fantaye
Just want to let interested people know about the beta release of a general GUI-based Fisher Matrix toolbox called Fisher4cast. It is currently set up for cosmology, but is in fact completely general. It is written in Matlab and released under the GNU license but we will also release a version for Scilab, an open-source framework which has much in common with Matlab.
At this stage we are looking for people willing to test it out and give us feedback before the general release of the code which is currently scheduled for 1 June.
Fisher4cast currently supports cosmological constraints from distance, Hubble rate and growth rate measurements to constrain general FLRW models with arbitrary curvature using the CPL parameterisation of w(z) and outputs several different figures of merit beyond the standard DETF FoM. Our aim was to build a tool that can be used both for education and research.
The package can be downloaded from the Matlab central file exchange site:
http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/ ... tType=file
The zip file also contains a manual, quickstart guide and readme file with a known (but short!) list of bugs. First simply load FM_GUI in Matlab and see the manual if that fails! Please send any bugs/comments/requests/suggestions to [Log in to view email] and feel free to use/extend the software. We are keeping a running list of all contributors.
Many thanks,
Bruce Bassett, Jacques Kotze, Renee Hlozek and Yabebal Fantaye