StatisticalTestingProject.pptVIP

Statistical Testing Project Maria Grazia Pia, INFN Genova on behalf of the Statistical Testing Team History and background What is? History “Statistical testing” agreed in the Geant4 Collaboration as a major objective for 2002 Initial ideas presented at Geant4 TSB meeting, November 2001 Open brainstorming session at a Geant4-WG workshop, 31 May 2002 Inception phase, summer 2002 Informal discussions with STT, Geant4 collaborators and interested potential developers Initial collection of user requirements in Geant4 First version of software process deliverables: Vision, URD, Risk List Presentation at Geant4 Workshop + parallel sessions, October 2002 http://www.ge.infn.it/geant4/talks/G4workshop/CERN/pia/tanda-2002.ppt The team Development team Pablo Cirrone, INFN Southern National Lab Stefania Donadio, Univ. and INFN Genova Susanna Guatelli, CERN/IT/API Technical Student and INFN Genova Alberto Lemut, Univ. and INFN Genova Barbara Mascialino, Univ. and INFN Genova Sandra Parlati, INFN Gran Sasso National Lab Andreas Pfeiffer, CERN/IT/API Maria Grazia Pia, INFN Genova Geant4 system integration team Gabriele Cosmo, CERN/IT/API - Geant4 Release Manager Sergei Sadilov, CERN/IT/API - Geant4 System Testing Coordinator Statistical consultancy Paolo Viarengo, Univ. Genova, Statistician The vision Vision: the basics Rigorous software process Scope of the project The project will provide tools for statistical testing of Geant4 physics comparisons and regression testing multiple comparison algorithms Generality (for application also in other areas) should be pursued facilitated by a component-based architecture The statistical tools should be used in Geant4 (and in other frameworks) tool to be used in testing frameworks not a testing framework itself Re-use existing tools whenever possible no attempt to re-invent the wheel but critical, scientific evaluation of candidate tools Architectural guidelines The project adopts a solid architectural approach to offer the func