Likelihood Test Results (4)

Now I am going to see how the likelihood compares if we use the Richards luminosity function and we also include the (0.5 < z < 5.0). The code to run this is in the following log file: ../log/100427_3log.pro. This works even better than the last test:

eps = 1e-30
bossqsolike = total(likelihood.L_QSO_Z[16:32],1) ;quasars between redshift 2.1 and 3.7
qsolcut1 = where( alog10(total(likelihood.L_QSO_Z[16:32],1)) LT -9.0)
den = total(targets.L_EVERYTHING_ARRAY[0:4],1) + total(likelihood.L_QSO_Z[0:44],1) + eps
num = bossqsolike + eps
NEWRATIO = num/den
NEWRATIO[qsolcut1] = 0 ; eliminate objects with low L_QSO value


IDL> print, n_elements(ql) ; number quasars
461
IDL> print, n_elements(ql)*1.0/(n_elements(sl)+n_elements(ql)) ;percent accuracy
0.256111
IDL> print, n_elements(ql) + n_elements(sl) ; total targeted
1800
IDL>
IDL> print, n_elements(nql) ; number quasars
575
IDL> print, n_elements(nql)*1.0/(n_elements(nsl)+n_elements(nql)) ;percent accuracy
0.319444
IDL> print, n_elements(nql) + n_elements(nsl) ; total targeted

We now go from 25.6% accuracy to 31.9% accuracy! And we find 114 more quasars!

Plots
The white points were targeted/missed by both the new and old likelihoods
The magenta points were only targeted/missed by the new likelihood
The cyan points were only targeted/missed by the old likelihood