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Date:

May 23, 2026

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Contents

• Getting Started
  • Installing the application
  • Contributing Changes
  • License
  • Credits
• Tutorial
  • Simple functions
  • Peak Fitting
  • Test functions
  • Check the entropy calculator
  • Bayesian Experimental Design
  • Calling fit from scripts
  • Inequality constraints
• User’s Guide
  • Using Bumps
  • Data Representation
  • Experiment
  • Parameters
  • Fitting
  • Optimizer Selection
  • Bumps Options
  • Calculating Entropy
• Reference: bumps
  • bounds - Parameter constraints
  • bspline - B-Spline interpolation library
  • cheby - Freeform - Chebyshev
  • cli - Command line interface
  • curve - Model a fit function
  • data - Data handling utilities
  • errplot - Plot sample profile uncertainty
  • fitproblem - Interface between models and fitters
  • fitservice - Remote job plugin for fit jobs
  • fitters - Wrappers for various optimization algorithms
  • formatnum - Format numbers and uncertainties
  • history - Optimizer evaluation trace
  • initpop - Population initialization strategies
  • lsqerror - Least squares eorror analysis
  • mapper - Parallel processing implementations
  • monitor - Monitor fit progress
  • mono - Freeform - Monotonic Spline
  • names - External interface
  • options - Command line options processor
  • parameter - Optimization parameter definition
  • partemp - Parallel tempering optimizer
  • pdfwrapper - Model a probability density function
  • plotutil - Plotting utilities
  • plugin - Domain branding
  • pmath - Parametric versions of standard functions
  • pymcfit - Wrapper for pyMC models
  • quasinewton - BFGS quasi-newton optimizer
  • random_lines - Random lines and particle swarm optimizers
  • simplex - Nelder-Mead simplex optimizer (amoeba)
  • util - Miscellaneous functions
  • wsolve - Weighted linear and polynomial solver with uncertainty
• Reference: bumps.dream
  • acr - A C Rencher normal outlier test
  • bounds - Bounds handling
  • convergence - Convergence tests
  • core - DREAM core
  • corrplot - Correlation plots
  • crossover - Adaptive crossover support
  • diffev - Differential evolution MCMC stepper
  • entropy - Entropy calculation
  • exppow - Exponential power density parameter calculator
  • formatnum - Format values and uncertainties nicely for printing
  • gelman - R-statistic convergence test
  • geweke - Geweke convergence test
  • initpop - Population initialization routines
  • ksmirnov - Kolmogorov-Smirnov test for MCMC convergence
  • mahal - Mahalanobis distance calculator
  • metropolis - MCMC step acceptance test
  • model - MCMC model types
  • outliers - Chain outlier tests
  • parcoord - Parallel coordinates plot
  • state - Sampling history for MCMC
  • stats - Statistics helper functions
  • tile - Split a rectangle into n panes
  • util - Miscellaneous utilities
  • varplot - Plot histograms for indiviual parameters
  • views - MCMC plotting methods