Asteca

Changed

* Compensate cluster's mass for binaries masses? ([488][1])
* Estimate individual per-star masses ([484][2])
* Improve performance of synth cluster generation (3) ([506][3])
* Simplify isochrones download/handling ([497][4])
* Add CS 37 COLIBRI track + deprecate old versions 10 & 11 of PARSEC ([495][5])
* Optimal radius too large for some clusters ([510][6])
* Project equatorial coordinates before processing ([237][7])
* Add eccentricity parameter to KP fit? ([480][8])
* Finish working on enhanced King profile fitting ([456][9])
* Remove KDE_stds and mp_flag parameters ([500][10])
* Simplify input of structure parameters ([512][11])
* Deprecate all likelihoods except Tremmel ([507][12])
* Interpolate IMF masses into the isochrones, not the other way around ([503][13])
* Add minimum binary mass ratio to fundamental parameters? ([504][14])
* Deprecate Anderson-Darling test ([499][15])
* Deprecate "Read mode" ([498][16])
* Add IMF and PMF curves obtention ([96][17])
* Convert pixel coordinates to RA & DEC ([203][18])
* Add ZAMS to CMD final plot ([160][19])
* Add semi_input.dat checking to checker ([214][20])
* Add weighted spatial density map ([167][21])
* Generate output CMD-CCD plots for the mean+median+mode ([479][22])
* Exact circle area using geometry instead of Monte Carlo ([446][23])
* Use the maximum number of members in the optimal radius? ([494][24])
* Add 1-sigma region to King profile ([478][25])
* Turn off MP coloring in D2 plots for binned likelihoods ([473][26])

[1]: https://github.com/asteca/ASteCA/issues/488
[2]: https://github.com/asteca/ASteCA/issues/484
[3]: https://github.com/asteca/ASteCA/issues/506
[4]: https://github.com/asteca/ASteCA/issues/497
[5]: https://github.com/asteca/ASteCA/issues/495
[6]: https://github.com/asteca/ASteCA/issues/510
[7]: https://github.com/asteca/ASteCA/issues/237
[8]: https://github.com/asteca/ASteCA/issues/480
[9]: https://github.com/asteca/ASteCA/issues/456
[10]: https://github.com/asteca/ASteCA/issues/500
[11]: https://github.com/asteca/ASteCA/issues/512
[12]: https://github.com/asteca/ASteCA/issues/507
[13]: https://github.com/asteca/ASteCA/issues/503
[14]: https://github.com/asteca/ASteCA/issues/504
[15]: https://github.com/asteca/ASteCA/issues/499
[16]: https://github.com/asteca/ASteCA/issues/498
[17]: https://github.com/asteca/ASteCA/issues/96
[18]: https://github.com/asteca/ASteCA/issues/203
[19]: https://github.com/asteca/ASteCA/issues/160
[20]: https://github.com/asteca/ASteCA/issues/214
[21]: https://github.com/asteca/ASteCA/issues/167
[22]: https://github.com/asteca/ASteCA/issues/479
[23]: https://github.com/asteca/ASteCA/issues/446
[24]: https://github.com/asteca/ASteCA/issues/494
[25]: https://github.com/asteca/ASteCA/issues/478
[26]: https://github.com/asteca/ASteCA/issues/473

Only the `ptemcee` method is kept, all others are now deprecated.

Changed

* Corrected an error in the CMD_systs.dat file ([468][1])
* [Fixed path][2] for CMD_systs.dat, now works in Windows (and Mac?)
* Control (some) plotting parameters through custom style and allow the selection of one of the supported styles ([464][17])
* Dump the results of the fundamental parameters analysis to file ([467][18])
* Closed several issues related to the deprecated bootstrap(+GA), brute force, and emcee methods ([265][6], [280][7], [284][8], [324][9], [341][10], [347][11], [418][12], [442][13], [447][14])
* Split D plots (MCMC convergence diagnostics plots & values) ([389][15])
* Explore Zeus as a possible addition to the best fit process ([457][16])
* Add mode, median to King's profile plot ([470][19])
* Make "trim frame" option per cluster ([474][20])
* Closed due to old or not applicable ([209][3], [293][4], [399][5])

[1]: https://github.com/asteca/ASteCA/issues/468
[2]: https://github.com/asteca/ASteCA/commit/3ab2b30d3d107972734112e7f0bd8ce12709ebdc
[3]: https://github.com/asteca/ASteCA/issues/209
[4]: https://github.com/asteca/ASteCA/issues/293
[5]: https://github.com/asteca/ASteCA/issues/399
[6]: https://github.com/asteca/ASteCA/issues/265
[7]: https://github.com/asteca/ASteCA/issues/280
[8]: https://github.com/asteca/ASteCA/issues/284
[9]: https://github.com/asteca/ASteCA/issues/324
[10]: https://github.com/asteca/ASteCA/issues/341
[11]: https://github.com/asteca/ASteCA/issues/347
[12]: https://github.com/asteca/ASteCA/issues/418
[13]: https://github.com/asteca/ASteCA/issues/442
[14]: https://github.com/asteca/ASteCA/issues/447
[15]: https://github.com/asteca/ASteCA/issues/389
[16]: https://github.com/asteca/ASteCA/issues/457
[17]: https://github.com/asteca/ASteCA/issues/464
[18]: https://github.com/asteca/ASteCA/issues/467
[19]: https://github.com/asteca/ASteCA/issues/470
[20]: https://github.com/asteca/ASteCA/issues/474

Massive changes introduced in this new version. Python 2.7.x is no longer supported.

Changed

* Port to Python 3 ([243][1])
* Upgrade to `emcee` v3.0.2 ([423][2])
* Add `emcee` to the best fit process ([193][6])
* Upgraded to `astropy` v0.04
* Remove (z,a) steps ([413][3])
* Bug fix: binary probabilities should not be averaged by `zaWAverage` ([462][20])
* Add Tremmel's implementation of the PLR ([447][4])
* Improve performance of synth cluster generation ([445][5])
* Fix Tolstoy likelihood accounting for uncertainties twice ([406][13])
* Add option to apply 'pmRA*cos(DE)' correction ([452][14])
* Added `optm` method to local removal of stars ([432][7])
* Added `manual` binning method to likelihood block ([325][16])
* New radius estimating method and many improvements to structural functions (RDP, field dens, radius) ([454][15], [449][8], [346][9], [378][10])
* Added maximum likelihood method for fitting King profiles ([268][18], [298][19])
* Allow seeding the synthetic cluster generation process ([196][17])
* Add stopping condition to the plotting line ([443][11])
* Fix small bug in radii arrows ([182][12])
* Add Nsigma region to the best fit synthetic cluster ([460][21])


[1]: https://github.com/asteca/ASteCA/issues/243
[2]: https://github.com/asteca/ASteCA/issues/423
[3]: https://github.com/asteca/ASteCA/issues/413
[4]: https://github.com/asteca/ASteCA/issues/447
[5]: https://github.com/asteca/ASteCA/issues/445
[6]: https://github.com/asteca/ASteCA/issues/193
[7]: https://github.com/asteca/ASteCA/issues/432
[8]: https://github.com/asteca/ASteCA/issues/449
[9]: https://github.com/asteca/ASteCA/issues/346
[10]: https://github.com/asteca/ASteCA/issues/378
[11]: https://github.com/asteca/ASteCA/issues/443
[12]: https://github.com/asteca/ASteCA/issues/182
[13]: https://github.com/asteca/ASteCA/issues/406
[14]: https://github.com/asteca/ASteCA/issues/452
[15]: https://github.com/asteca/ASteCA/issues/454
[16]: https://github.com/asteca/ASteCA/issues/325
[17]: https://github.com/asteca/ASteCA/issues/196
[18]: https://github.com/asteca/ASteCA/issues/268
[19]: https://github.com/asteca/ASteCA/issues/298
[20]: https://github.com/asteca/ASteCA/issues/462
[21]: https://github.com/asteca/ASteCA/issues/460

Important fixes introduced in this new version.

Changed

* Use inverse transform sampling to sample the IMF ([434][1])
* Interpolation of (z,a) values uses wrong m_ini index ([440][3])
* Interpolation of isochrone fails when (z,a) are both fixed ([439][2])
* Mass 'alignment' in zaInterp() gives poor result ([441][4])
* Select the N_mass_interp number automatically ([438][5])

[1]: https://github.com/asteca/ASteCA/issues/434
[2]: https://github.com/asteca/ASteCA/issues/439
[3]: https://github.com/asteca/ASteCA/issues/440
[4]: https://github.com/asteca/ASteCA/issues/441
[5]: https://github.com/asteca/ASteCA/issues/438

Changed

* Fix normalization in Bayesian DA ([426][1])
* Fix function to detect X11 that fails in Mac OS (and probably Windows too) ([428][2])
* Merge semi_input file into params_input and copy input file as output ([427][3])
* Remove modes ([429][4])
* Use a single photometric systems file instead of two identical ones ([421][5])
* Fix ext/Imm operator causing spurious points in the GA ([424][6])

[1]: https://github.com/asteca/ASteCA/issues/426
[2]: https://github.com/asteca/ASteCA/issues/428
[3]: https://github.com/asteca/ASteCA/issues/427
[4]: https://github.com/asteca/ASteCA/issues/429
[5]: https://github.com/asteca/ASteCA/issues/421
[6]: https://github.com/asteca/ASteCA/issues/424

Changed

* Added the `ptemcee` method, and deprecated (for now) the BF ([367][17])
* Accept a CMD/CCD from mixed photometric systems ([228][11], [229][12])
* Add support for the new set of isochrones PARSEC+COLIBRI ([322][25])
* Output all information obtained from the bootstrap ([279][27])
* Mask stars with photometry outside of reasonable range ([414][26])
* Add proper motions, parallax, and radial velocity support to Bayesian DA ([220][9])
* Use stars with no complete data in the Bayesian equation ([377][5]).
* Add dimensional [weights to Bayesian DA][8].
* Use all positions for structural functions ([107][4]).
* Make the bootstrap the actual method (instead of GA) ([64][21])
* Make the GA work with floats instead of a grid ([412][22])
* Plot the incomplete dataset with MPs information ([411][23])
* Use a total number of masses, not a step value ([410][24])
* Use stars after error rejection for LF & completeness ([390][10])
* Switch to astropy's read module ([327][3]) and allow [reading columns by name][6].
* Update check for [installed packages][1] (newer `pip` threw an error).
* Added a 2D cluster vs field KDE comparision, and the A-D test ([255][14], [356][15])
* Added MAP, median and mode to output parameters.
* Added R2 normality estimator to distributions ([401][16])
* Deprecated [KDE p-value function][13].
* Deprecated `trim_frame`, and `manual` [mode in photometric error rejection][2].
* Deprecated [integrated magnitude function][7].
* Store input parameters as .json for each cluster ([126][18])
* Don't read hidden files from the 'isochrones' folder ([403][19])
* Use KDE instead of Gaussian filters ([379][20])
* Split C2 plot into C2 and C3

[1]: https://github.com/asteca/ASteCA/commit/bb885f9cc9acc311d57e312ac6c4623ec7ff235b
[2]: https://github.com/asteca/ASteCA/commit/783975b22b8773c4ab08b3f1588e616cd3c858b2
[3]: https://github.com/asteca/ASteCA/issues/327
[4]: https://github.com/asteca/ASteCA/issues/107
[5]: https://github.com/asteca/ASteCA/issues/377
[6]: https://github.com/asteca/ASteCA/commit/08d2c04ab5a5307aba3d19762bbb7f64df4f1aae
[7]: https://github.com/asteca/ASteCA/commit/1130c905e82048053267d3fcba41a967a88f77a2
[8]: https://github.com/asteca/ASteCA/commit/d8a2ba99f6d36cbfb9e09efe08e1f590eb156743
[9]: https://github.com/asteca/ASteCA/issues/220
[10]: https://github.com/asteca/ASteCA/issues/390
[11]: https://github.com/asteca/ASteCA/issues/228
[12]: https://github.com/asteca/ASteCA/issues/229
[13]: https://github.com/asteca/ASteCA/commit/f218148e1f2a7abff591816c2271a7c6e2dc61ac
[14]: https://github.com/asteca/ASteCA/issues/255
[15]: https://github.com/asteca/ASteCA/issues/356
[16]: https://github.com/asteca/ASteCA/issues/401
[17]: https://github.com/asteca/ASteCA/issues/367
[18]: https://github.com/asteca/ASteCA/issues/126
[19]: https://github.com/asteca/ASteCA/issues/403
[20]: https://github.com/asteca/ASteCA/issues/379
[21]: https://github.com/asteca/ASteCA/issues/64
[22]: https://github.com/asteca/ASteCA/issues/412
[23]: https://github.com/asteca/ASteCA/issues/411
[24]: https://github.com/asteca/ASteCA/issues/410
[25]: https://github.com/asteca/ASteCA/issues/322
[26]: https://github.com/asteca/ASteCA/issues/414
[27]: https://github.com/asteca/ASteCA/issues/279