HippoDraw
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| HippoDraw | |
 HippoDraw canvas window |
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| Developer: | Paul F. Kunz |
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| Latest release: | 1.19.1 / 08 December 2006 |
| OS: | Cross-platform |
| Use: | Data analysis |
| License: | public domain |
| Website: | HippoDraw home page |
HippoDraw is a powerful object oriented statistical data analysis package written in C++, with user interaction via a Qt-based GUI and a Python scriptable interface. It is being developed by Paul Kunz at SLAC, primarily for the analysis and presentation of particle physics and astrophysics data, but can be equally well used in other fields where data handling is important.
HippoDraw implements many features also found in the ROOT and Java Analysis Studio packages: which tool is used is largely down to the private tastes of the users. HippoDraw by default reads and writes files in an XML-based format, and can also read astrophysics FITS files and read data objects produced by ROOT.
HippoDraw can be used as a Python extension module, allowing users to use HippoDraw data objects with the full power of the Python language. This includes other scientific Python extension modules such Numeric and numarray, whose use with HippoDraw can lead to a large increase in processing speed, even for ROOT objects.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Hippodraw home page
- Java Analysis Studio 3 — a Java-based AIDA-compliant data analysis system
- ROOT — a competing kitchen sink analysis tool written in C++
- AIDA: Abstract Interfaces for Data Analysis — open interfaces and formats for particle physics data processing
