HippoDraw

Infobox_Software
name = HippoDraw



caption = HippoDraw canvas window
developer = Paul F. Kunz
latest_release_version = 1.21.3
latest_release_date = October 2007
operating_system = Cross-platform
genre = Data analysis
license = public domain
website = [http://www.slac.stanford.edu/grp/ek/hippodraw/ HippoDraw home page]

HippoDraw is a powerful object oriented statistical data analysis package written in C++, with user interaction via a Qt-based GUI and a Python scriptable interface. It is being developed by Paul Kunz at SLAC, primarily for the analysis and presentation of particle physics and astrophysics data, but can be equally well used in other fields where data handling is important.

HippoDraw uses ROOT and implements many of the features also found in Java Analysis Studio. HippoDraw by default reads and writes files in an XML-based format, and can also read astrophysics FITS files and read data objects produced by ROOT.

HippoDraw can be used as a Python extension module, allowing users to use HippoDraw data objects with the full power of the Python language. This includes other scientific Python extension modules such Numeric and numarray, whose use with HippoDraw can lead to a large increase in processing speed, even for ROOT objects.

See also

* Java Analysis Studio
* ROOT
* AIDA (computing)

External links

* [http://www.slac.stanford.edu/grp/ek/hippodraw/ Hippodraw home page]