README.md

pyhf-based implementation of the ABCD method for background estimation

Instructions for LXPLUS

The code can be run on LXPLUS by following the instructions below.

Create a virtual Python environment:

python3 -m venv abcd-pyhf

This will create a directory named abcd-pyhf that will contain all the necessary packages to run the code. Activate the virtual Python environment with the following command:

source abcd-pyhf/bin/activate

You can shut down the virtual Python environment at any time with the Bash command deactivate. You can later reactivate the environment by running the Bash command source abcd-pyhf/bin/activate.

To run the code, you will have to download the necessary packages in the Python environment (this only needs to be done once):

pip install --upgrade pip
pip install abcd-pyhf

You can then use the package in Python:

from abcd_pyhf import ABCD