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#include "DQMServices/Core/interface/QTest.h"
#include "DQMServices/Core/interface/DQMStore.h"
#include "DQMServices/Core/src/QStatisticalTests.h"
#include "DQMServices/Core/src/DQMError.h"
#include "TMath.h"
#include <iostream>
#include <sstream>
#include <math.h>

using namespace std;

const float QCriterion::ERROR_PROB_THRESHOLD = 0.50;
const float QCriterion::WARNING_PROB_THRESHOLD = 0.90;

// initialize values
void
QCriterion::init(void)
{
  errorProb_ = ERROR_PROB_THRESHOLD;
  warningProb_ = WARNING_PROB_THRESHOLD;
  setAlgoName("NO_ALGORITHM");
  status_ = dqm::qstatus::DID_NOT_RUN;
  message_ = "NO_MESSAGE";
  verbose_ = 0; // 0 = silent, 1 = algorithmic failures, 2 = info
}

float QCriterion::runTest(const MonitorElement * /* me */)
{
  raiseDQMError("QCriterion", "virtual runTest method called" );
  return 0.;
}
//===================================================//
//================ QUALITY TESTS ====================//
//==================================================//

//-------------------------------------------------------//
//----------------- Comp2RefEqualH base -----------------//
//-------------------------------------------------------//
// run the test (result: [0, 1] or <0 for failure)
float Comp2RefEqualH::runTest(const MonitorElement*me)
{
  badChannels_.clear();

  if (!me) 
    return -1;
  if (!me->getRootObject() || !me->getRefRootObject()) 
    return -1;
  TH1* h=0; //initialize histogram pointer
  TH1* ref_=0;
  
  if (verbose_>1) 
    std::cout << "QTest:" << getAlgoName() << "::runTest called on " 
              << me-> getFullname() << "\n";

  int nbins=0;
  int nbinsref=0;
  //-- TH1F
  if (me->kind()==MonitorElement::DQM_KIND_TH1F)
  { 
    nbins = me->getTH1F()->GetXaxis()->GetNbins(); 
    nbinsref = me->getRefTH1F()->GetXaxis()->GetNbins();
    h  = me->getTH1F(); // access Test histo
    ref_ = me->getRefTH1F(); //access Ref hiso 
    if (nbins != nbinsref) return -1;
  } 
  //-- TH1S
  else if (me->kind()==MonitorElement::DQM_KIND_TH1S)
  { 
    nbins = me->getTH1S()->GetXaxis()->GetNbins(); 
    nbinsref = me->getRefTH1S()->GetXaxis()->GetNbins();
    h  = me->getTH1S(); // access Test histo
    ref_ = me->getRefTH1S(); //access Ref hiso 
    if (nbins != nbinsref) return -1;
  } 
  //-- TH1D
  else if (me->kind()==MonitorElement::DQM_KIND_TH1D)
  { 
    nbins = me->getTH1D()->GetXaxis()->GetNbins(); 
    nbinsref = me->getRefTH1D()->GetXaxis()->GetNbins();
    h  = me->getTH1D(); // access Test histo
    ref_ = me->getRefTH1D(); //access Ref hiso 
    if (nbins != nbinsref) return -1;
  } 
  //-- TH2
  else if (me->kind()==MonitorElement::DQM_KIND_TH2F)
  { 
    nbins = me->getTH2F()->GetXaxis()->GetNbins() *
            me->getTH2F()->GetYaxis()->GetNbins();
    nbinsref = me->getRefTH2F()->GetXaxis()->GetNbins() *
               me->getRefTH2F()->GetYaxis()->GetNbins();
    h = me->getTH2F(); // access Test histo
    ref_ = me->getRefTH2F(); //access Ref hiso 
    if (nbins != nbinsref) return -1;
  } 

  //-- TH2
  else if (me->kind()==MonitorElement::DQM_KIND_TH2S)
  { 
    nbins = me->getTH2S()->GetXaxis()->GetNbins() *
            me->getTH2S()->GetYaxis()->GetNbins();
    nbinsref = me->getRefTH2S()->GetXaxis()->GetNbins() *
               me->getRefTH2S()->GetYaxis()->GetNbins();
    h = me->getTH2S(); // access Test histo
    ref_ = me->getRefTH2S(); //access Ref hiso 
    if (nbins != nbinsref) return -1;
  } 

  //-- TH2
  else if (me->kind()==MonitorElement::DQM_KIND_TH2D)
  { 
    nbins = me->getTH2D()->GetXaxis()->GetNbins() *
            me->getTH2D()->GetYaxis()->GetNbins();
    nbinsref = me->getRefTH2D()->GetXaxis()->GetNbins() *
               me->getRefTH2D()->GetYaxis()->GetNbins();
    h = me->getTH2D(); // access Test histo
    ref_ = me->getRefTH2D(); //access Ref hiso 
    if (nbins != nbinsref) return -1;
  } 

  //-- TH3
  else if (me->kind()==MonitorElement::DQM_KIND_TH3F)
  { 
    nbins = me->getTH3F()->GetXaxis()->GetNbins() *
            me->getTH3F()->GetYaxis()->GetNbins() *
            me->getTH3F()->GetZaxis()->GetNbins();
    nbinsref = me->getRefTH3F()->GetXaxis()->GetNbins() *
               me->getRefTH3F()->GetYaxis()->GetNbins() *
               me->getRefTH3F()->GetZaxis()->GetNbins();
    h = me->getTH3F(); // access Test histo
    ref_ = me->getRefTH3F(); //access Ref hiso 
    if (nbins != nbinsref) return -1;
  } 

  else
  { 
    if (verbose_>0) 
      std::cout << "QTest:Comp2RefEqualH" 
        << " ME does not contain TH1F/TH1S/TH1D/TH2F/TH2S/TH2D/TH3F, exiting\n"; 
    return -1;
  } 

  //--  QUALITY TEST itself 
  int first = 0; // 1 //(use underflow bin)
  int last  = nbins+1; //(use overflow bin)
  bool failure = false;
  for (int bin=first;bin<=last;bin++) 
  {
    double contents = h->GetBinContent(bin);
    if (contents != ref_->GetBinContent(bin)) 
    {
      failure = true;
      DQMChannel chan(bin, 0, 0, contents, h->GetBinError(bin));
      badChannels_.push_back(chan);
    }
  }
  if (failure) return 0;
  return 1;
}

//-------------------------------------------------------//
//-----------------  Comp2RefChi2    --------------------//
//-------------------------------------------------------//
float Comp2RefChi2::runTest(const MonitorElement *me)
{
  if (!me) 
    return -1;
  if (!me->getRootObject() || !me->getRefRootObject()) 
    return -1;
  TH1* h=0;
  TH1* ref_=0;
 
  if (verbose_>1) 
    std::cout << "QTest:" << getAlgoName() << "::runTest called on " 
              << me-> getFullname() << "\n";
  //-- TH1F
  if (me->kind()==MonitorElement::DQM_KIND_TH1F)
  { 
    h = me->getTH1F(); // access Test histo
    ref_ = me->getRefTH1F(); //access Ref histo
  } 
  //-- TH1S
  else if (me->kind()==MonitorElement::DQM_KIND_TH1S)
  { 
    h = me->getTH1S(); // access Test histo
    ref_ = me->getRefTH1S(); //access Ref histo
  } 
  //-- TH1D
  else if (me->kind()==MonitorElement::DQM_KIND_TH1D)
  { 
    h = me->getTH1D(); // access Test histo
    ref_ = me->getRefTH1D(); //access Ref histo
  } 
  //-- TProfile
  else if (me->kind()==MonitorElement::DQM_KIND_TPROFILE)
  {
    h = me->getTProfile(); // access Test histo
    ref_ = me->getRefTProfile(); //access Ref histo
  } 
  else
  { 
    if (verbose_>0) 
      std::cout << "QTest::Comp2RefChi2"
                << " ME does not contain TH1F/TH1S/TH1D/TProfile, exiting\n"; 
    return -1;
  } 

   //-- isInvalid ? - Check consistency in number of channels
  int ncx1  = h->GetXaxis()->GetNbins(); 
  int ncx2  = ref_->GetXaxis()->GetNbins();
  if ( ncx1 !=  ncx2)
  {
    if (verbose_>0) 
      std::cout << "QTest:Comp2RefChi2"
                << " different number of channels! ("
                << ncx1 << ", " << ncx2 << "), exiting\n";
    return -1;
  } 

  //--  QUALITY TEST itself 
  //reset Results
  Ndof_ = 0; chi2_ = -1.; ncx1 = ncx2 = -1;

  int i, i_start, i_end;
  double chi2 = 0.;  int ndof = 0; int constraint = 0;

  i_start = 1;  
  i_end = ncx1;
  //  if (fXaxis.TestBit(TAxis::kAxisRange)) {
  i_start = h->GetXaxis()->GetFirst();
  i_end   = h->GetXaxis()->GetLast();
  //  }
  ndof = i_end-i_start+1-constraint;

  //Compute the normalisation factor
  double sum1=0, sum2=0;
  for (i=i_start; i<=i_end; i++)
  {
    sum1 += h->GetBinContent(i);
    sum2 += ref_->GetBinContent(i);
  }

  //check that the histograms are not empty
  if (sum1 == 0)
  {
    if (verbose_>0) 
      std::cout << "QTest:Comp2RefChi2"
                << " Test Histogram " << h->GetName() 
        << " is empty, exiting\n";
    return -1;
  }
  if (sum2 == 0)
  {
    if (verbose_>0) 
      std::cout << "QTest:Comp2RefChi2"
                << " Ref Histogram " << ref_->GetName() 
                << " is empty, exiting\n";
    return -1;
  }

  double bin1, bin2, err1, err2, temp;
  for (i=i_start; i<=i_end; i++)
  {
    bin1 = h->GetBinContent(i)/sum1;
    bin2 = ref_->GetBinContent(i)/sum2;
    if (bin1 ==0 && bin2==0)
    {
      --ndof; //no data means one less degree of freedom
    } 
    else 
    {
      temp  = bin1-bin2;
      err1=h->GetBinError(i); err2=ref_->GetBinError(i);
      if (err1 == 0 && err2 == 0)
      {
    if (verbose_>0) 
      std::cout << "QTest:Comp2RefChi2"
                << " bins with non-zero content and zero error, exiting\n";
    return -1;
      }
      err1*=err1      ; err2*=err2;
      err1/=sum1*sum1 ; err2/=sum2*sum2;
      chi2 +=temp*temp/(err1+err2);
    }
  }
  chi2_ = chi2;  Ndof_ = ndof;
  return TMath::Prob(0.5*chi2, int(0.5*ndof));
}

//-------------------------------------------------------//
//-----------------  Comp2RefKolmogorov    --------------//
//-------------------------------------------------------//

float Comp2RefKolmogorov::runTest(const MonitorElement *me)
{
  const double difprec = 1e-5;
   
  if (!me) 
    return -1;
  if (!me->getRootObject() || !me->getRefRootObject()) 
    return -1;
  TH1* h=0;
  TH1* ref_=0;

  if (verbose_>1) 
    std::cout << "QTest:" << getAlgoName() << "::runTest called on " 
              << me-> getFullname() << "\n";
  //-- TH1F
  if (me->kind()==MonitorElement::DQM_KIND_TH1F)
  { 
    h = me->getTH1F(); // access Test histo
    ref_ = me->getRefTH1F(); //access Ref histo
  } 
  //-- TH1S
  else if (me->kind()==MonitorElement::DQM_KIND_TH1S)
  { 
    h = me->getTH1S(); // access Test histo
    ref_ = me->getRefTH1S(); //access Ref histo
  } 
  //-- TH1D
  else if (me->kind()==MonitorElement::DQM_KIND_TH1D)
  { 
    h = me->getTH1D(); // access Test histo
    ref_ = me->getRefTH1D(); //access Ref histo
  } 
  //-- TProfile
  else if (me->kind()==MonitorElement::DQM_KIND_TPROFILE)
  {
    h = me->getTProfile(); // access Test histo
    ref_ = me->getRefTProfile(); //access Ref histo
  }
  else
  { 
    if (verbose_>0) 
      std::cout << "QTest:Comp2RefKolmogorov"
                << " ME does not contain TH1F/TH1S/TH1D/TProfile, exiting\n"; 
    return -1;
  } 
   
  //-- isInvalid ? - Check consistency in number of channels
  int ncx1 = h->GetXaxis()->GetNbins(); 
  int ncx2 = ref_->GetXaxis()->GetNbins();
  if ( ncx1 !=  ncx2)
  {
    if (verbose_>0) 
      std::cout << "QTest:Comp2RefKolmogorov"
                << " different number of channels! ("
                << ncx1 << ", " << ncx2 << "), exiting\n";
    return -1;
  } 
  //-- isInvalid ? - Check consistency in channel edges
  double diff1 = TMath::Abs(h->GetXaxis()->GetXmin() - ref_->GetXaxis()->GetXmin());
  double diff2 = TMath::Abs(h->GetXaxis()->GetXmax() - ref_->GetXaxis()->GetXmax());
  if (diff1 > difprec || diff2 > difprec)
  {
    if (verbose_>0) 
      std::cout << "QTest:Comp2RefKolmogorov"
                << " histograms with different binning, exiting\n";
    return -1;
  }

  //--  QUALITY TEST itself 
  Bool_t afunc1 = kFALSE; Bool_t afunc2 = kFALSE;
  double sum1 = 0, sum2 = 0;
  double ew1, ew2, w1 = 0, w2 = 0;
  int bin;
  for (bin=1;bin<=ncx1;bin++)
  {
    sum1 += h->GetBinContent(bin);
    sum2 += ref_->GetBinContent(bin);
    ew1   = h->GetBinError(bin);
    ew2   = ref_->GetBinError(bin);
    w1   += ew1*ew1;
    w2   += ew2*ew2;
  }
  
  if (sum1 == 0)
  {
    if (verbose_>0) 
      std::cout << "QTest:Comp2RefKolmogorov"
                << " Test Histogram: " << h->GetName() 
                << ": integral is zero, exiting\n";
    return -1;
  }
  if (sum2 == 0)
  {
    if (verbose_>0) 
      std::cout << "QTest:Comp2RefKolmogorov"
                << " Ref Histogram: " << ref_->GetName() 
                << ": integral is zero, exiting\n";
    return -1;
  }

  double tsum1 = sum1; double tsum2 = sum2;
  tsum1 += h->GetBinContent(0);
  tsum2 += ref_->GetBinContent(0);
  tsum1 += h->GetBinContent(ncx1+1);
  tsum2 += ref_->GetBinContent(ncx1+1);

  // Check if histograms are weighted.
  // If number of entries = number of channels, probably histograms were
  // not filled via Fill(), but via SetBinContent()
  double ne1 = h->GetEntries();
  double ne2 = ref_->GetEntries();
  // look at first histogram
  double difsum1 = (ne1-tsum1)/tsum1;
  double esum1 = sum1;
  if (difsum1 > difprec && int(ne1) != ncx1)
  {
    if (h->GetSumw2N() == 0)
    {
      if (verbose_>0) 
        std::cout << "QTest:Comp2RefKolmogorov"
                  << " Weighted events and no Sumw2 for "
              << h->GetName() << "\n";
    }
    else
    {
      esum1 = sum1*sum1/w1;  //number of equivalent entries
    }
  }
  // look at second histogram
  double difsum2 = (ne2-tsum2)/tsum2;
  double esum2   = sum2;
  if (difsum2 > difprec && int(ne2) != ncx1)
  {
    if (ref_->GetSumw2N() == 0)
    {
      if (verbose_>0) 
        std::cout << "QTest:Comp2RefKolmogorov"
                  << " Weighted events and no Sumw2 for "
              << ref_->GetName() << "\n";
    }
    else
    {
      esum2 = sum2*sum2/w2;  //number of equivalent entries
    }
  }

  double s1 = 1/tsum1; double s2 = 1/tsum2;
  // Find largest difference for Kolmogorov Test
  double dfmax =0, rsum1 = 0, rsum2 = 0;
  // use underflow bin
  int first = 0; // 1
  // use overflow bin
  int last  = ncx1+1; // ncx1
  for ( bin=first; bin<=last; bin++)
  {
    rsum1 += s1*h->GetBinContent(bin);
    rsum2 += s2*ref_->GetBinContent(bin);
    dfmax = TMath::Max(dfmax,TMath::Abs(rsum1-rsum2));
  }

  // Get Kolmogorov probability
  double z = 0;
  if (afunc1)      z = dfmax*TMath::Sqrt(esum2);
  else if (afunc2) z = dfmax*TMath::Sqrt(esum1);
  else             z = dfmax*TMath::Sqrt(esum1*esum2/(esum1+esum2));

  // This numerical error condition should never occur:
  if (TMath::Abs(rsum1-1) > 0.002)
    if (verbose_>0) 
      std::cout << "QTest:Comp2RefKolmogorov" 
                << " Numerical problems with histogram "
                << h->GetName() << "\n";
  if (TMath::Abs(rsum2-1) > 0.002)
    if (verbose_>0) 
      std::cout << "QTest:Comp2RefKolmogorov" 
                << " Numerical problems with histogram "
                << ref_->GetName() << "\n";

  return TMath::KolmogorovProb(z);
}

//----------------------------------------------------//
//--------------- ContentsXRange ---------------------//
//----------------------------------------------------//
float ContentsXRange::runTest(const MonitorElement*me)
{
  badChannels_.clear();

  if (!me) 
    return -1;
  if (!me->getRootObject()) 
    return -1;
  TH1* h=0; 

  if (verbose_>1) 
    std::cout << "QTest:" << getAlgoName() << "::runTest called on " 
              << me-> getFullname() << "\n";
  // -- TH1F
  if (me->kind()==MonitorElement::DQM_KIND_TH1F ) 
  {
    h = me->getTH1F();
  } 
  // -- TH1S
  else if ( me->kind()==MonitorElement::DQM_KIND_TH1S ) 
  {
    h = me->getTH1S();
  } 
  // -- TH1D
  else if ( me->kind()==MonitorElement::DQM_KIND_TH1D ) 
  {
    h = me->getTH1D();
  } 
  else 
  {
    if (verbose_>0) std::cout << "QTest:ContentsXRange"
         << " ME " << me->getFullname() 
         << " does not contain TH1F/TH1S/TH1D, exiting\n"; 
    return -1;
  } 

  if (!rangeInitialized_)
  {
    if ( h->GetXaxis() ) 
      setAllowedXRange(h->GetXaxis()->GetXmin(), h->GetXaxis()->GetXmax());
    else 
      return -1;
  }
  int ncx = h->GetXaxis()->GetNbins();
  // use underflow bin
  int first = 0; // 1
  // use overflow bin
  int last  = ncx+1; // ncx
  // all entries
  double sum = 0;
  // entries outside X-range
  double fail = 0;
  int bin;
  for (bin = first; bin <= last; ++bin)
  {
    double contents = h->GetBinContent(bin);
    double x = h->GetBinCenter(bin);
    sum += contents;
    if (x < xmin_ || x > xmax_)fail += contents;
  }

  if (sum==0) return 1;
  // return fraction of entries within allowed X-range
  return (sum - fail)/sum; 

}

//-----------------------------------------------------//
//--------------- ContentsYRange ---------------------//
//----------------------------------------------------//
float ContentsYRange::runTest(const MonitorElement*me)
{
  badChannels_.clear();

  if (!me) 
    return -1;
  if (!me->getRootObject()) 
    return -1;
  TH1* h=0; 

  if (verbose_>1) 
    std::cout << "QTest:" << getAlgoName() << "::runTest called on " 
              << me-> getFullname() << "\n";

  if (me->kind()==MonitorElement::DQM_KIND_TH1F) 
  { 
    h = me->getTH1F(); //access Test histo
  } 
  else if (me->kind()==MonitorElement::DQM_KIND_TH1S) 
  { 
    h = me->getTH1S(); //access Test histo
  } 
  else if (me->kind()==MonitorElement::DQM_KIND_TH1D) 
  { 
    h = me->getTH1D(); //access Test histo
  } 
  else 
  {
    if (verbose_>0) 
      std::cout << "QTest:ContentsYRange" 
                << " ME " << me->getFullname() 
                << " does not contain TH1F/TH1S/TH1D, exiting\n"; 
    return -1;
  } 

  if (!rangeInitialized_ || !h->GetXaxis()) return 1; // all bins are accepted if no initialization
  int ncx = h->GetXaxis()->GetNbins();
  // do NOT use underflow bin
  int first = 1;
  // do NOT use overflow bin
  int last  = ncx;
  // bins outside Y-range
  int fail = 0;
  int bin;
  
  if (useEmptyBins_)
  {
    for (bin = first; bin <= last; ++bin)
    {
      double contents = h->GetBinContent(bin);
      bool failure = false;
      failure = (contents < ymin_ || contents > ymax_); // allowed y-range: [ymin_, ymax_]
      if (failure) 
      { 
        DQMChannel chan(bin, 0, 0, contents, h->GetBinError(bin));
        badChannels_.push_back(chan);
        ++fail;
      }
    }
    // return fraction of bins that passed test
    return 1.*(ncx - fail)/ncx;
  }
  else 
  {
    for (bin = first; bin <= last; ++bin)
    {
      double contents = h->GetBinContent(bin);
      bool failure = false;
      if (contents) failure = (contents < ymin_ || contents > ymax_); // allowed y-range: [ymin_, ymax_]
      if (failure) ++fail;
    }
    // return fraction of bins that passed test
    return 1.*(ncx - fail)/ncx;
  } 
}

//-----------------------------------------------------//
//------------------ DeadChannel ---------------------//
//----------------------------------------------------//
float DeadChannel::runTest(const MonitorElement*me)
{
  badChannels_.clear();
  if (!me) 
    return -1;
  if (!me->getRootObject()) 
    return -1;
  TH1* h1=0;
  TH2* h2=0;//initialize histogram pointers

  if (verbose_>1) 
    std::cout << "QTest:" << getAlgoName() << "::runTest called on " 
              << me-> getFullname() << "\n";
  //TH1F
  if (me->kind()==MonitorElement::DQM_KIND_TH1F) 
  { 
    h1 = me->getTH1F(); //access Test histo
  } 
  //TH1S
  else if (me->kind()==MonitorElement::DQM_KIND_TH1S) 
  { 
    h1 = me->getTH1S(); //access Test histo
  } 
  //TH1D
  else if (me->kind()==MonitorElement::DQM_KIND_TH1D) 
  { 
    h1 = me->getTH1D(); //access Test histo
  } 
  //-- TH2F
  else if (me->kind()==MonitorElement::DQM_KIND_TH2F)
  { 
    h2  = me->getTH2F(); // access Test histo
  } 
  //-- TH2S
  else if (me->kind()==MonitorElement::DQM_KIND_TH2S)
  { 
    h2  = me->getTH2S(); // access Test histo
  } 
  //-- TH2D
  else if (me->kind()==MonitorElement::DQM_KIND_TH2D)
  { 
    h2  = me->getTH2D(); // access Test histo
  } 
  else 
  {
    if (verbose_>0) 
      std::cout << "QTest:DeadChannel"
         << " ME " << me->getFullname() 
         << " does not contain TH1F/TH1S/TH1D/TH2F/TH2S/TH2D, exiting\n"; 
    return -1;
  } 

  int fail = 0; // number of failed channels

  //--------- do the quality test for 1D histo ---------------//
  if (h1 != NULL)  
  {
    if (!rangeInitialized_ || !h1->GetXaxis() ) 
      return 1; // all bins are accepted if no initialization
    int ncx = h1->GetXaxis()->GetNbins();
    int first = 1;
    int last  = ncx;
    int bin;

    for (bin = first; bin <= last; ++bin)
    {
      double contents = h1->GetBinContent(bin);
      bool failure = false;
      failure = contents <= ymin_; // dead channel: equal to or less than ymin_
      if (failure)
      { 
        DQMChannel chan(bin, 0, 0, contents, h1->GetBinError(bin));
        badChannels_.push_back(chan);
        ++fail;
      }
    }
    //return fraction of alive channels
    return 1.*(ncx - fail)/ncx;
  }
  //----------------------------------------------------------//
 
  //--------- do the quality test for 2D -------------------//
  else if (h2 !=NULL )
  {
    int ncx = h2->GetXaxis()->GetNbins(); // get X bins
    int ncy = h2->GetYaxis()->GetNbins(); // get Y bins

    for (int cx = 1; cx <= ncx; ++cx)
    {
      for (int cy = 1; cy <= ncy; ++cy)
      {
    double contents = h2->GetBinContent(h2->GetBin(cx, cy));
    bool failure = false;
    failure = contents <= ymin_; // dead channel: equal to or less than ymin_
    if (failure)
    { 
          DQMChannel chan(cx, cy, 0, contents, h2->GetBinError(h2->GetBin(cx, cy)));
          badChannels_.push_back(chan);
          ++fail;
    }
      }
    }
    //return fraction of alive channels
    return 1.*(ncx*ncy - fail) / (ncx*ncy);
  }
  else 
  {
    if (verbose_>0) 
      std::cout << "QTest:DeadChannel"
                << " TH1/TH2F are NULL, exiting\n"; 
    return -1;
  }
}

//-----------------------------------------------------//
//----------------  NoisyChannel ---------------------//
//----------------------------------------------------//
// run the test (result: fraction of channels not appearing noisy or "hot")
// [0, 1] or <0 for failure
float NoisyChannel::runTest(const MonitorElement *me)
{
  badChannels_.clear();
  if (!me) 
    return -1;
  if (!me->getRootObject()) 
    return -1; 
  TH1* h=0;//initialize histogram pointer

  if (verbose_>1) 
    std::cout << "QTest:" << getAlgoName() << "::runTest called on " 
              << me-> getFullname() << "\n";

  int nbins=0;
  //-- TH1F
  if (me->kind()==MonitorElement::DQM_KIND_TH1F)
  { 
    nbins = me->getTH1F()->GetXaxis()->GetNbins(); 
    h  = me->getTH1F(); // access Test histo
  } 
  //-- TH1S
  else if (me->kind()==MonitorElement::DQM_KIND_TH1S)
  { 
    nbins = me->getTH1S()->GetXaxis()->GetNbins(); 
    h  = me->getTH1S(); // access Test histo
  } 
  //-- TH1D
  else if (me->kind()==MonitorElement::DQM_KIND_TH1D)
  { 
    nbins = me->getTH1D()->GetXaxis()->GetNbins(); 
    h  = me->getTH1D(); // access Test histo
  } 
  //-- TH2
  else if (me->kind()==MonitorElement::DQM_KIND_TH2F)
  { 
    nbins = me->getTH2F()->GetXaxis()->GetNbins() *
            me->getTH2F()->GetYaxis()->GetNbins();
    h  = me->getTH2F(); // access Test histo
  } 
  //-- TH2
  else if (me->kind()==MonitorElement::DQM_KIND_TH2S)
  { 
    nbins = me->getTH2S()->GetXaxis()->GetNbins() *
            me->getTH2S()->GetYaxis()->GetNbins();
    h  = me->getTH2S(); // access Test histo
  } 
  //-- TH2
  else if (me->kind()==MonitorElement::DQM_KIND_TH2D)
  { 
    nbins = me->getTH2D()->GetXaxis()->GetNbins() *
            me->getTH2D()->GetYaxis()->GetNbins();
    h  = me->getTH2D(); // access Test histo
  } 
  else 
  {  
    if (verbose_>0) 
      std::cout << "QTest:NoisyChannel"
        << " ME " << me->getFullname() 
        << " does not contain TH1F/TH1S/TH1D or TH2F/TH2S/TH2D, exiting\n"; 
    return -1;
  }

  //--  QUALITY TEST itself 

  if ( !rangeInitialized_ || !h->GetXaxis() ) 
    return 1; // all channels are accepted if tolerance has not been set

  // do NOT use underflow bin
  int first = 1;
  // do NOT use overflow bin
  int last  = nbins;
  // bins outside Y-range
  int fail = 0;
  int bin;
  for (bin = first; bin <= last; ++bin)
  {
    double contents = h->GetBinContent(bin);
    double average = getAverage(bin, h);
    bool failure = false;
    if (average != 0)
       failure = (((contents-average)/TMath::Abs(average)) > tolerance_);

    if (failure)
    {
      ++fail;
      DQMChannel chan(bin, 0, 0, contents, h->GetBinError(bin));
      badChannels_.push_back(chan);
    }
  }

  // return fraction of bins that passed test
  return 1.*(nbins - fail)/nbins;
}

// get average for bin under consideration
// (see description of method setNumNeighbors)
double NoisyChannel::getAverage(int bin, const TH1 *h) const
{
  int first = 1;
  int ncx  = h->GetXaxis()->GetNbins();
  double sum = 0; int bin_low, bin_hi;
  for (unsigned i = 1; i <= numNeighbors_; ++i)
  {
    bin_low = bin-i;  bin_hi = bin+i;
    while (bin_low < first) // shift bin by +ncx
      bin_low = ncx + bin_low;
    while (bin_hi > ncx) // shift bin by -ncx
      bin_hi = bin_hi - ncx;
      sum += h->GetBinContent(bin_low) + h->GetBinContent(bin_hi);
  }
  return sum/(numNeighbors_ * 2);
}


//-----------------------------------------------------------//
//----------------  ContentsWithinExpected ---------------------//
//-----------------------------------------------------------//
// run the test (result: fraction of channels that passed test);
// [0, 1] or <0 for failure
float ContentsWithinExpected::runTest(const MonitorElement*me)
{
  badChannels_.clear();
  if (!me) 
    return -1;
  if (!me->getRootObject()) 
    return -1;
  TH1* h=0; //initialize histogram pointer

  if (verbose_>1) 
    std::cout << "QTest:" << getAlgoName() << "::runTest called on " 
              << me-> getFullname() << "\n";

  int ncx;
  int ncy;

  if (useEmptyBins_)
  {
    //-- TH2
    if (me->kind()==MonitorElement::DQM_KIND_TH2F)
    {
      ncx = me->getTH2F()->GetXaxis()->GetNbins();
      ncy = me->getTH2F()->GetYaxis()->GetNbins(); 
      h  = me->getTH2F(); // access Test histo
    }
    //-- TH2S
    else if (me->kind()==MonitorElement::DQM_KIND_TH2S)
    {
      ncx = me->getTH2S()->GetXaxis()->GetNbins();
      ncy = me->getTH2S()->GetYaxis()->GetNbins(); 
      h  = me->getTH2S(); // access Test histo
    }
    //-- TH2D
    else if (me->kind()==MonitorElement::DQM_KIND_TH2D)
    {
      ncx = me->getTH2D()->GetXaxis()->GetNbins();
      ncy = me->getTH2D()->GetYaxis()->GetNbins(); 
      h  = me->getTH2D(); // access Test histo
    }
    //-- TProfile
    else if (me->kind()==MonitorElement::DQM_KIND_TPROFILE)
    {
      ncx = me->getTProfile()->GetXaxis()->GetNbins();
      ncy = 1;
      h  = me->getTProfile(); // access Test histo
    }
    //-- TProfile2D
    else if (me->kind()==MonitorElement::DQM_KIND_TPROFILE2D)
    {
      ncx = me->getTProfile2D()->GetXaxis()->GetNbins();
      ncy = me->getTProfile2D()->GetYaxis()->GetNbins();
      h  = me->getTProfile2D(); // access Test histo
    }
    else
    {
      if (verbose_>0) 
        std::cout << "QTest:ContentsWithinExpected" 
     << " ME does not contain TH2F/TH2S/TH2D/TPROFILE/TPROFILE2D, exiting\n"; 
      return -1;
    } 

    int nsum = 0;
    double sum = 0.0;
    double average = 0.0;

    if (checkMeanTolerance_)
    { // calculate average value of all bin contents

      for (int cx = 1; cx <= ncx; ++cx)
      {
    for (int cy = 1; cy <= ncy; ++cy)
    {
      if (me->kind() == MonitorElement::DQM_KIND_TH2F)
      {
        sum += h->GetBinContent(h->GetBin(cx, cy));
        ++nsum;
      }
      else if (me->kind() == MonitorElement::DQM_KIND_TH2S)
      {
        sum += h->GetBinContent(h->GetBin(cx, cy));
        ++nsum;
      }
      else if (me->kind() == MonitorElement::DQM_KIND_TH2D)
      {
        sum += h->GetBinContent(h->GetBin(cx, cy));
        ++nsum;
      }
      else if (me->kind() == MonitorElement::DQM_KIND_TPROFILE)
      {
        if (me->getTProfile()->GetBinEntries(h->GetBin(cx)) >= minEntries_/(ncx))
        {
          sum += h->GetBinContent(h->GetBin(cx));
          ++nsum;
        }
      }
      else if (me->kind() == MonitorElement::DQM_KIND_TPROFILE2D)
      {
        if (me->getTProfile2D()->GetBinEntries(h->GetBin(cx, cy)) >= minEntries_/(ncx*ncy))
        {
          sum += h->GetBinContent(h->GetBin(cx, cy));
          ++nsum;
        }
      }
    }
      }

      if (nsum > 0) 
    average = sum/nsum;

    } // calculate average value of all bin contents

    int fail = 0;

    for (int cx = 1; cx <= ncx; ++cx)
    {
      for (int cy = 1; cy <= ncy; ++cy)
      {
    bool failMean = false;
    bool failRMS = false;
    bool failMeanTolerance = false;

    if (me->kind() == MonitorElement::DQM_KIND_TPROFILE && 
            me->getTProfile()->GetBinEntries(h->GetBin(cx)) < minEntries_/(ncx))
          continue;

    if (me->kind() == MonitorElement::DQM_KIND_TPROFILE2D && 
            me->getTProfile2D()->GetBinEntries(h->GetBin(cx, cy)) < minEntries_/(ncx*ncy)) 
      continue;

    if (checkMean_)
    {
      double mean = h->GetBinContent(h->GetBin(cx, cy));
          failMean = (mean < minMean_ || mean > maxMean_);
    }

    if (checkRMS_)
    {
      double rms = h->GetBinError(h->GetBin(cx, cy));
          failRMS = (rms < minRMS_ || rms > maxRMS_);
    }

    if (checkMeanTolerance_)
    {
      double mean = h->GetBinContent(h->GetBin(cx, cy));
          failMeanTolerance = (TMath::Abs(mean - average) > toleranceMean_*TMath::Abs(average));
    }

    if (failMean || failRMS || failMeanTolerance)
    {

      if (me->kind() == MonitorElement::DQM_KIND_TH2F) 
      {
            DQMChannel chan(cx, cy, 0,
                h->GetBinContent(h->GetBin(cx, cy)),
                h->GetBinError(h->GetBin(cx, cy)));
            badChannels_.push_back(chan);
      }
      else if (me->kind() == MonitorElement::DQM_KIND_TH2S) 
      {
            DQMChannel chan(cx, cy, 0,
                h->GetBinContent(h->GetBin(cx, cy)),
                h->GetBinError(h->GetBin(cx, cy)));
            badChannels_.push_back(chan);
      }
      else if (me->kind() == MonitorElement::DQM_KIND_TH2D) 
      {
            DQMChannel chan(cx, cy, 0,
                h->GetBinContent(h->GetBin(cx, cy)),
                h->GetBinError(h->GetBin(cx, cy)));
            badChannels_.push_back(chan);
      }
      else if (me->kind() == MonitorElement::DQM_KIND_TPROFILE) 
      {
        DQMChannel chan(cx, cy, int(me->getTProfile()->GetBinEntries(h->GetBin(cx))),
                0,
                h->GetBinError(h->GetBin(cx)));
            badChannels_.push_back(chan);
      }
      else if (me->kind() == MonitorElement::DQM_KIND_TPROFILE2D) 
      {
        DQMChannel chan(cx, cy, int(me->getTProfile2D()->GetBinEntries(h->GetBin(cx, cy))),
                h->GetBinContent(h->GetBin(cx, cy)),
                h->GetBinError(h->GetBin(cx, cy)));
            badChannels_.push_back(chan);
      }
          ++fail;
    }
      }
    }
    return 1.*(ncx*ncy - fail)/(ncx*ncy);
  } 

  else     
  {
    if (me->kind()==MonitorElement::DQM_KIND_TH2F)
    {
      ncx = me->getTH2F()->GetXaxis()->GetNbins();
      ncy = me->getTH2F()->GetYaxis()->GetNbins();
      h  = me->getTH2F(); // access Test histo
    }
    else if (me->kind()==MonitorElement::DQM_KIND_TH2S)
    {
      ncx = me->getTH2S()->GetXaxis()->GetNbins();
      ncy = me->getTH2S()->GetYaxis()->GetNbins();
      h  = me->getTH2S(); // access Test histo
    }
    else if (me->kind()==MonitorElement::DQM_KIND_TH2D)
    {
      ncx = me->getTH2D()->GetXaxis()->GetNbins();
      ncy = me->getTH2D()->GetYaxis()->GetNbins();
      h  = me->getTH2D(); // access Test histo
    }
    else 
    {
      if (verbose_>0) 
        std::cout << "QTest:ContentsWithinExpected AS" 
                  << " ME does not contain TH2F/TH2S/TH2D, exiting\n"; 
      return -1;
    } 

    // if (!rangeInitialized_) return 0; // all accepted if no initialization
    int fail = 0;
    for (int cx = 1; cx <= ncx; ++cx)
    {
      for (int cy = 1; cy <= ncy; ++cy)
      {
    bool failure = false;
    double Content = h->GetBinContent(h->GetBin(cx, cy));
    if (Content) 
      failure = (Content <  minMean_ || Content >  maxMean_);
    if (failure) 
      ++fail;
      }
    }
    return 1.*(ncx*ncy-fail)/(ncx*ncy);
  } 

}
void ContentsWithinExpected::setMeanRange(double xmin, double xmax)
{
  if (xmax < xmin)
    if (verbose_>0) 
      std::cout << "QTest:ContentsWitinExpected" 
                << " Illogical range: (" << xmin << ", " << xmax << "\n";
  minMean_ = xmin;
  maxMean_ = xmax;
  checkMean_ = true;
}

void ContentsWithinExpected::setRMSRange(double xmin, double xmax)
{
  if (xmax < xmin)
    if (verbose_>0) 
      std::cout << "QTest:ContentsWitinExpected" 
                << " Illogical range: (" << xmin << ", " << xmax << "\n";
  minRMS_ = xmin;
  maxRMS_ = xmax;
  checkRMS_ = true;
}

//----------------------------------------------------------------//
//--------------------  MeanWithinExpected  ---------------------//
//---------------------------------------------------------------//
// run the test;
//   (a) if useRange is called: 1 if mean within allowed range, 0 otherwise
//   (b) is useRMS or useSigma is called: result is the probability
//   Prob(chi^2, ndof=1) that the mean of histogram will be deviated by more than
//   +/- delta from <expected_mean>, where delta = mean - <expected_mean>, and
//   chi^2 = (delta/sigma)^2. sigma is the RMS of the histogram ("useRMS") or
//   <expected_sigma> ("useSigma")
//   e.g. for delta = 1, Prob = 31.7%
//  for delta = 2, Prob = 4.55%
//   (returns result in [0, 1] or <0 for failure) 
float MeanWithinExpected::runTest(const MonitorElement *me )
{
  if (!me) 
    return -1;
  if (!me->getRootObject()) 
    return -1;
  TH1* h=0;
   
  if (verbose_>1) 
    std::cout << "QTest:" << getAlgoName() << "::runTest called on " 
              << me-> getFullname() << "\n";

  if (minEntries_ != 0 && me->getEntries() < minEntries_) return -1;

  if (me->kind()==MonitorElement::DQM_KIND_TH1F) 
  { 
    h = me->getTH1F(); //access Test histo
  }
  else if (me->kind()==MonitorElement::DQM_KIND_TH1S) 
  { 
    h = me->getTH1S(); //access Test histo
  }
  else if (me->kind()==MonitorElement::DQM_KIND_TH1D) 
  { 
    h = me->getTH1D(); //access Test histo
  }
  else {
    if (verbose_>0) 
      std::cout << "QTest:MeanWithinExpected"
                << " ME " << me->getFullname() 
                << " does not contain TH1F/TH1S/TH1D, exiting\n"; 
    return -1;
  } 
 
  
  if (useRange_) {
    double mean = h->GetMean();
    if (mean <= xmax_ && mean >= xmin_) 
      return 1;
    else
      return 0;
  }
  else if (useSigma_) 
  {
    if (sigma_ != 0.) 
    {
      double chi = (h->GetMean() - expMean_)/sigma_;
      return TMath::Prob(chi*chi, 1);
    }
    else
    {
      if (verbose_>0) 
        std::cout << "QTest:MeanWithinExpected"
                  << " Error, sigma_ is zero, exiting\n";
      return 0;
    }
  }
  else if (useRMS_) 
  {
    if (h->GetRMS() != 0.) 
    {
      double chi = (h->GetMean() - expMean_)/h->GetRMS();
      return TMath::Prob(chi*chi, 1);
    }
    else
    {
      if (verbose_>0) 
        std::cout << "QTest:MeanWithinExpected"
                  << " Error, RMS is zero, exiting\n";
      return 0;
    }
  }
  else 
    if (verbose_>0) 
      std::cout << "QTest:MeanWithinExpected"
                << " Error, neither Range, nor Sigma, nor RMS, exiting\n";
    return -1; 
}

void MeanWithinExpected::useRange(double xmin, double xmax)
{
    useRange_ = true;
    useSigma_ = useRMS_ = false;
    xmin_ = xmin; xmax_ = xmax;
    if (xmin_ > xmax_)  
      if (verbose_>0) 
        std::cout << "QTest:MeanWithinExpected"
                  << " Illogical range: (" << xmin_ << ", " << xmax_ << "\n";
}
void MeanWithinExpected::useSigma(double expectedSigma)
{
  useSigma_ = true;
  useRMS_ = useRange_ = false;
  sigma_ = expectedSigma;
  if (sigma_ == 0) 
    if (verbose_>0) 
      std::cout << "QTest:MeanWithinExpected"
                << " Expected sigma = " << sigma_ << "\n";
}

void MeanWithinExpected::useRMS()
{
  useRMS_ = true;
  useSigma_ = useRange_ = false;
}

//----------------------------------------------------------------//
//------------------------  CompareToMedian  ---------------------------//
//----------------------------------------------------------------//
/* 
Test for TProfile2D
For each x bin, the median value is calculated and then each value is compared with the median.
This procedure is repeated for each x-bin of the 2D profile
The parameters used for this comparison are:
MinRel and MaxRel to identify outliers wrt the median value
An absolute value (MinAbs, MaxAbs) on the median is used to identify a full region out of specification 
*/
float CompareToMedian::runTest(const MonitorElement *me){
  int32_t nbins=0, failed=0;
  badChannels_.clear();

  if (!me)
    return -1;
  if (!me->getRootObject())
    return -1;
  TH1* h=0;

  if (verbose_>1){
    std::cout << "QTest:" << getAlgoName() << "::runTest called on "
              << me-> getFullname() << "\n";
    std::cout << "\tMin = " << _min << "; Max = " << _max << "\n";
    std::cout << "\tMinMedian = " << _minMed << "; MaxMedian = " << _maxMed << "\n";
    std::cout << "\tUseEmptyBins = " << (_emptyBins?"Yes":"No" )<< "\n";
  }

  if (me->kind()==MonitorElement::DQM_KIND_TPROFILE2D)
    {
      h  = me->getTProfile2D(); // access Test histo
    }
  else
    {
      if (verbose_>0) 
        std::cout << "QTest:ContentsWithinExpected" 
     << " ME does not contain TPROFILE2D, exiting\n"; 
      return -1;
    }
  
  nBinsX = h->GetNbinsX();
  nBinsY = h->GetNbinsY();
  int entries = 0;
  float median = 0.0;

  //Median calculated with partially sorted vector
  for (int binX = 1; binX <= nBinsX; binX++ ){
    reset();
    // Fill vector
    for (int binY = 1; binY <= nBinsY; binY++){
      int bin = h->GetBin(binX, binY);
      double content = (double)h->GetBinContent(bin);
      if ( content == 0 && !_emptyBins)
    continue;
      binValues.push_back(content);
      entries = me->getTProfile2D()->GetBinEntries(bin);
    }
    if (binValues.empty())
      continue;
    nbins+=binValues.size();

    //calculate median
    if(binValues.size()>0){
      int medPos = (int)binValues.size()/2;
      nth_element(binValues.begin(),binValues.begin()+medPos,binValues.end());
      median = *(binValues.begin()+medPos);
    }

    // if median == 0, use the absolute cut
    if(median == 0){
      if (verbose_ > 0){
        std::cout << "QTest: Median is 0; the fixed cuts: [" << _minMed << "; " << _maxMed << "]  are used\n";
      }
      for(int  binY = 1; binY <= nBinsY; binY++){
        int bin = h->GetBin(binX, binY);
        double content = (double)h->GetBinContent(bin);
    entries = me->getTProfile2D()->GetBinEntries(bin);
    if ( entries == 0 )
          continue;
    if (content > _maxMed || content < _minMed){ 
        DQMChannel chan(binX,binY, 0, content, h->GetBinError(bin));
        badChannels_.push_back(chan);
        failed++;
    }
      }
      continue;
    }

    //Cut on stat: will mask rings with no enought of statistics
    if (median*entries < _statCut )
      continue;
     
    // If median is off the absolute cuts, declare everything bad (if bin has non zero entries)
    if(median > _maxMed || median < _minMed){
      for(int  binY = 1; binY <= nBinsY; binY++){
        int bin = h->GetBin(binX, binY);
        double content = (double)h->GetBinContent(bin);
    entries = me->getTProfile2D()->GetBinEntries(bin);
         if ( entries == 0 )
          continue;
     DQMChannel chan(binX,binY, 0, content/median, h->GetBinError(bin));
     badChannels_.push_back(chan);
     failed++;
      }
      continue;
    }

    // Test itself  
    float minCut = median*_min;
    float maxCut = median*_max;
    for(int  binY = 1; binY <= nBinsY; binY++){
        int bin = h->GetBin(binX, binY);
        double content = (double)h->GetBinContent(bin);
    entries = me->getTProfile2D()->GetBinEntries(bin);
        if ( entries == 0 )
          continue;
        if (content > maxCut || content < minCut){
          DQMChannel chan(binX,binY, 0, content/median, h->GetBinError(bin));
          badChannels_.push_back(chan);
          failed++;
        }
    }
  }

  if (nbins==0){
    if (verbose_ > 0)
      std::cout << "QTest:CompareToMedian: Histogram is empty" << std::endl;
    return 1.;
    }
  return 1 - (float)failed/nbins;
}
//----------------------------------------------------------------//
//------------------------  CompareLastFilledBin -----------------//
//----------------------------------------------------------------//
/* 
Test for TH1F and TH2F
For the last filled bin the value is compared with specified upper and lower limits. If 
it is outside the limit the test failed test result is returned
The parameters used for this comparison are:
MinRel and MaxRel to check identify outliers wrt the median value
*/
float CompareLastFilledBin::runTest(const MonitorElement *me){
  if (!me)
    return -1;
  if (!me->getRootObject())
    return -1;
  TH1* h1=0;
  TH2* h2=0;
  if (verbose_>1){
    std::cout << "QTest:" << getAlgoName() << "::runTest called on "
              << me-> getFullname() << "\n";
    std::cout << "\tMin = " << _min << "; Max = " << _max << "\n";
  }
  if (me->kind()==MonitorElement::DQM_KIND_TH1F)
    {
      h1  = me->getTH1F(); // access Test histo
    }
  else if (me->kind()==MonitorElement::DQM_KIND_TH2F)
    {
      h2  = me->getTH2F(); // access Test histo
    }
  else
    {
      if (verbose_>0) 
        std::cout << "QTest:ContentsWithinExpected" 
     << " ME does not contain TH1F or TH2F, exiting\n"; 
      return -1;
    }
  int lastBinX = 0;
  int lastBinY = 0;
  float lastBinVal; 

  //--------- do the quality test for 1D histo ---------------// 
  if (h1 != NULL) 
  { 
    lastBinX = h1->FindLastBinAbove(_average,1);
    lastBinVal = h1->GetBinContent(lastBinX);
    if (h1->GetEntries() == 0 || lastBinVal < 0) return 1;
  } 
  else if (h2 != NULL) 
  {   
    
    lastBinX = h2->FindLastBinAbove(_average,1);
    lastBinY = h2->FindLastBinAbove(_average,2);
    if ( h2->GetEntries() == 0 || lastBinX < 0 || lastBinY < 0 )  return 1;
    lastBinVal = h2->GetBinContent(h2->GetBin(lastBinX,lastBinY));
  } else {
    if (verbose_ > 0) std::cout << "QTest:"<< getAlgoName() << " Histogram does not exist" << std::endl;
    return 1;
  } 
  if (verbose_ > 0) std::cout << "Min and Max values " << _min << " " << _max << " Av value " << _average << " lastBinX " << lastBinX<<  " lastBinY " << lastBinY <<  " lastBinVal " << lastBinVal << std::endl;
  if (lastBinVal > _min && lastBinVal <= _max)
    return 1;
  else
    return 0;
} 
//----------------------------------------------------//
//--------------- CheckVariance ---------------------//
//----------------------------------------------------//
float CheckVariance::runTest(const MonitorElement*me)
{
  badChannels_.clear();

  if (!me)
    return -1;
  if (!me->getRootObject())
    return -1;
  TH1* h=0;

  if (verbose_>1)
    std::cout << "QTest:" << getAlgoName() << "::runTest called on "
              << me-> getFullname() << "\n";
  // -- TH1F
  if (me->kind()==MonitorElement::DQM_KIND_TH1F )
    {
      h = me->getTH1F();
    }
  // -- TH1D
  else if ( me->kind()==MonitorElement::DQM_KIND_TH1D )
    {
      h = me->getTH1D();
    }
  else if (me->kind()==MonitorElement::DQM_KIND_TPROFILE)
    {
      h  = me->getTProfile(); // access Test histo
    }
  else
    {
      if (verbose_>0) std::cout << "QTest:CheckVariance"
                                << " ME " << me->getFullname()
                                << " does not contain TH1F/TH1D/TPROFILE, exiting\n";
      return -1;
    }

  int ncx = h->GetXaxis()->GetNbins();

  double sum = 0;
  double sum2 = 0;
  for (int bin = 1; bin <= ncx; ++bin)
    {
      double contents = h->GetBinContent(bin);
      sum += contents;
    }
  if (sum==0) return -1;
  double avg = sum/ncx;

  for (int bin = 1; bin <= ncx; ++bin)
    {
      double contents = h->GetBinContent(bin);
      sum2 += (contents - avg)*(contents - avg);
    }

  double Variance = TMath::Sqrt(sum2/ncx);
  return Variance;
}