The parameterlist

Notice: There shouldn't be an empty line between headline and parameterlist!!!
The parameterlist has to be done according to the following scheme which is required by MINUIT:

#  name   value   error   llim   ulim

with

#
number of the parameter

name name of the parameter (max. 10 characters)

value starting value of the parameter (initial guess)

error starting step size or expected uncertainty in the fitparameter. (Blanc or ``0.'' if value is to be constant)

If you do this you can normally only run SIMPLEX. The reason is that you have specified zero step size. Better ways of fixing the parameter is to use FIX in MINUIT or by using a 20... command (see Fixing parameters) in the SIGNAL command.

llim lower limit below which the parameter value may not vary

ulim upper limit above which the parameter value may not vary

It should be noted that limits don't have to be set if not needed. Then simply write ``0.'' for llim and ulim.

MINUIT can deal with 100 parameters of which < 50 can be free.

Notice: More details about the concept of the CERN routine MINUIT, its installation and how to use it you find in the MINUIT manual by F. James and M. Roos (manual-file directory in Munich: sys$public:[000000.minuit]minuit.tex).

When the parameterlist is completed there must be an empty line indicating the end of parameter definition. Then the line

\-E  (do not Echo indirect input to ASK)

must be appended which is essential for the working of the initialfile.

Comment: There is another chance to define further parameters in the section SIGNAL commands).

`#`	number of the parameter
`name`	name of the parameter (max. 10 characters)
`value`	starting value of the parameter (initial guess)
`error`	starting step size or expected uncertainty in the fitparameter. (Blanc or ``0.'' if value is to be constant)
	If you do this you can normally only run SIMPLEX. The reason is that you have specified zero step size. Better ways of fixing the parameter is to use FIX in MINUIT or by using a 20... command (see Fixing parameters) in the SIGNAL command.
`llim`	lower limit below which the parameter value may not vary
`ulim`	upper limit above which the parameter value may not vary
	It should be noted that limits don't have to be set if not needed. Then simply write ``0.'' for llim and ulim.