def doFindHistPeaks(outHistDict, errFactor, smoothIndexesForPeakFinder,  verbose):
    doShow = True
    folderList = outHistDict.keys()
    for singleFolder in folderList:
        for key in outHistDict[singleFolder].keys():
            (hist, binCenters) = outHistDict[singleFolder][key]
            plotDict = initializeTestPlots(doShow, verbose)
            plotDict = appendToTestPlots(plotDict,
                                         hist,
                                         binCenters,
                                         legendLabel=singleFolder + ' ' + key,
                                         fmt='None',
                                         markersize=4,
                                         alpha=1.0,
                                         ls='solid',
                                         lineWidth=2)

            guessParametersSet = peakFinder(hist,
                                            binCenters,
                                            numberOfIndexesToSmoothOver=smoothIndexesForPeakFinder,
                                            errFactor=errFactor,
                                            showPlot_peakFinder=True,
                                            verbose=verbose)



            for (index, (amp, mean, sigma)) in list(enumerate(guessParametersSet)):
                plotDict = appendToTestPlots(plotDict,
                                             gaussian(binCenters, amp, mean, sigma),
                                             binCenters,
                                             legendLabel=singleFolder + ' ' + key,
                                             fmt='None',
                                             markersize=4,
                                             alpha=1.0,
                                             ls=ls[index % 3],
                                             lineWidth=1)
            if (plotDict['doShow'] or plotDict['savePlot']):
                quickPlotter(plotDict)
    return
Example #2
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def mariscotti(y, **kwargs):

    keys = kwargs.keys()
    y = numpy.array(y)

    # defaults
    vary = y
    f1 = float(1.0)

    # kwargs nsmooth
    if 'nsmooth' in keys:
        m = kwargs['nsmooth']
    else:
        m = 5

    # kwargs err
    if 'err' in keys:
        err = kwargs['err']
        vary=float(err) ** 2.0

    # kwargs factor
    if 'errFactor' in keys:
        factor = float(kwargs['errFactor'])
        f1=factor

    # kwargs pk_gsd
    if 'pk_gsd' in keys:
        pk_gsd = kwargs['pk_gsd']
    else:
        pk_gsd = None

    # kwargs pk_gsd
    if 'plot' in keys:
        showPlot = kwargs['plot']
    else:
        showPlot = False

    # kwargs pk_gsd
    if 'verbose' in keys:
        verbose = kwargs['verbose']
    else:
        verbose = False

    if verbose:
        print "Starting the Mariscotti peak finding and Gaussian parametrization algorithm."

    # rudimentary peak finder based on Mariscotti [1966]
    kernel1 = numpy.array([-1,2,-1])
    # gsd stands for generalized second derivative
    gsd = numpy.convolve(y, kernel1, 'same')

    #   The line below was translated form IDL code that was in a mysterious loop that seemed to make the exact
    #   same variable assignment 'm' times.
    gsd = boxCar(gsd, kernalSize=m, mode='same')

    kernel2 = numpy.array([1, 4, 1])
    err = numpy.convolve(vary, kernel2, 'same')

    #   The line below was translated form IDL code that was in a mysterious loop that seemed to make the exact
    #   same variable assignment 'm' times.
    err = boxCar(err, kernalSize=m, mode='same')
    # standard deviation of the GSD
    err = ((float(1.0) / (float(m) ** m)) * err) ** float(0.5)


    # find the zero crossings
    l1 = 4 * (m - 1) / 2 + 1
    l2 = len(vary) - l1
    icross = []
    for i in range(l1 + 1, l2):
        if (gsd[i] < 0.) and (gsd[i-1] > 0.):
            icross.append(i - 1)
        if (gsd[i] > 0.) and (gsd[i-1] < 0.):
            icross.append(i)

    if icross == []:
        print 'No places where the second derivative crosses zero, so no peaks were found by Mariscotti algorithm.'
        if showPlot:
            plotDict = {}
            plotDict['verbose'] = verbose
            # plot formatting for index (x) and spectrum values (y) where the gsd (generalized 2nd derivative)
            # crosses zero (this is marks a boundaries for finding local extrema)
            x = range(len(y))
            # plot formatting for the gsd (generalized second derivative)
            gsd_rescaled = rescale(y, gsd)
            gsd_zeroLine = rescale(y, gsd, numpy.zeros(len(y)))
            # These can be a list or a single value
            plotDict['yData'] = [y, gsd_rescaled, gsd_zeroLine]
            plotDict['xData'] = [x, x, x]
            plotDict['colors'] = ['firebrick', 'darkorchid', "black"]
            plotDict['legendLabel'] = ['The data', '2nd derivative', '2nd deri = 0']
            plotDict['fmt'] = ['None', 'None', 'None']
            plotDict['markersize'] = [5, 5, 5]
            plotDict['alpha'] = [1.0, 1.0, 1.0]
            plotDict['ls'] = ['-', 'dashed', 'dotted']
            plotDict['lineWidth'] = [2, 1, 1]
            # These must be a single value
            plotDict['title'] = '2nd Derivative Zero Crossing Zero (None Found!)'
            plotDict['xlabel'] = 'Channel Number'
            plotDict['legendAutoLabel'] = False
            plotDict['doLegend'] = True
            plotDict['legendLoc'] = 0
            plotDict['legendNumPoints'] = 3
            plotDict['legendHandleLength'] = 5
            plotDict['doShow'] = True
            quickPlotter(plotDict=plotDict)
        if verbose:
            print "Mariscotti algorithm completed.\n"
        return []

    # defined the outputs
    gaussParameters = []

    # find the peaks
    maxAllowedError = f1 * err
    for i in range(len(icross) - 1):
        icrossStart = icross[i]
        icrossStop = icross[i + 1]
        # check that that there are no subsections of zero length (can happen because of the cautious crossover finder
        # used on a noising part of the data)
        if icrossStart != icrossStop:
            gsd_subSample = gsd[icrossStart:icrossStop]
            # Determine is the subset is a peak of a vally
            gsd_subSample_lessThenZero = gsd_subSample[gsd_subSample < 0.0]
            count_gsd_subSample_lessThenZero = len(gsd_subSample_lessThenZero)
            # this is true if the subsection is a peak
            if count_gsd_subSample_lessThenZero == 0:
                indexList = numpy.arange(len(gsd_subSample))
                if pk_gsd is not None:
                    maxval = max(gsd_subSample)
                    indexOfPeak_gsd_subSample = list(indexList[gsd_subSample == maxval])
                else:
                    y_subSmaple = y[icrossStart:icrossStop]
                    maxval = max(y_subSmaple)
                    indexOfPeak_gsd_subSample = list(indexList[y_subSmaple == maxval])
                numOfIndexWithPeakValue = len(indexOfPeak_gsd_subSample)
                if 1 == numOfIndexWithPeakValue:
                    indexOfPeak_y = indexOfPeak_gsd_subSample[0] + icross[i]
                # if more than one index with the max value, take the max GSD value closest to the max y value
                elif 1 < numOfIndexWithPeakValue:
                    highestValueGSD = float('-Inf')
                    chooseIndex = None
                    for testIndex in indexOfPeak_gsd_subSample:
                        currentValueGSD = gsd_subSample[testIndex]
                        if highestValueGSD < currentValueGSD:
                            highestValueGSD = currentValueGSD
                            chooseIndex = testIndex

                    indexOfPeak_y = chooseIndex + icross[i]
                else:
                    indexOfPeak_y = None
                if indexOfPeak_y is not None:
                    if maxAllowedError[indexOfPeak_y] < gsd[indexOfPeak_y]:
                        sigma = float(icrossStop - icrossStart)/float(2.0)
                        gaussParameters.append((maxval, indexOfPeak_y, sigma))

    if gaussParameters == []:
        print "No peaks were found by the Mariscotti algorithm, "+ \
              "but there were places where the second derivative crossed zero."
        print "This can happen if the maximum allowed error at a peak is greater then the generalized "+\
              "second derivative (gsd) at that point."
        print "The 'errFactor' =", factor, "can be set using the kwarg 'errFactor' to scale the "+\
              "maximum allowed error."
        if showPlot:
            plotDict = {}
            plotDict['verbose'] = verbose
            # plot formatting for index (x) and spectrum values (y) where the gsd (generalized 2nd derivative)
            # crosses zero (this is marks a boundaries for finding local extrema)
            y_icrossVals = [y[icrossVal] for icrossVal in icross]
            x = range(len(y))
            # plot formatting for the gsd (generalized second derivative)
            gsd_rescaled = rescale(y, gsd)
            gsd_zeroLine = rescale(y, gsd, numpy.zeros(len(y)))
            gsd_zeroLine_icrossVals = rescale(y, gsd, numpy.zeros(len(icross)))
            maxAllowedError_rescaled  = rescale(y, gsd, maxAllowedError)

            # These can be a list or a single value
            plotDict['yData'] = [y, maxAllowedError_rescaled, gsd_rescaled, gsd_zeroLine, gsd_zeroLine_icrossVals, y_icrossVals]
            plotDict['xData'] = [x, x, x, x, icross, icross]
            plotDict['colors'] = ['firebrick', 'LawnGreen', 'darkorchid', "black", 'black', 'dodgerblue']
            plotDict['legendLabel'] = ['The data', 'max allowed error', '2nd derivative', '2nd deri = 0', 'cross point', 'cross point']
            plotDict['fmt'] = ['None', 'None', 'None', 'None', 'x', 'o']
            plotDict['markersize'] = [5, 5, 5, 5, 10, 9]
            plotDict['alpha'] = [1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 0.7, 0.7]
            plotDict['ls'] = ['-', '-', 'dashed', 'dotted', 'None', 'None']
            plotDict['lineWidth'] = [2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1]
            # These must be a single value
            plotDict['title'] = '2nd Derivative Zero Crossing Zero and Peaks Found'
            plotDict['xlabel'] = 'Channel Number'
            plotDict['legendAutoLabel'] = False
            plotDict['doLegend'] = True
            plotDict['legendLoc'] = 0
            plotDict['legendNumPoints'] = 3
            plotDict['legendHandleLength'] = 5
            plotDict['doShow'] = True
            quickPlotter(plotDict=plotDict)
        if verbose:
            print "Mariscotti algorithm completed.\n"
        return gaussParameters

    else:
        gaussParametersArray = numpy.array(gaussParameters)
        numOfPeaksFound = len(gaussParametersArray[:,0])
        if verbose:
            optional_s = ''
            optional_es = ''
            if 1 < numOfPeaksFound:
                optional_s += 's'
                optional_es += 'es'
            print "A gaussian distribution is defined as G(x)=A * exp((x-B)^2 / (2 * C^2))"
            print "The Mariscotti algorithm has identified", numOfPeaksFound , "peak" + optional_s + "."
            print "The index" + optional_es + " of the data where the peak can be found (B) are:", gaussParametersArray[:,1]
            print "And the corresponding data value" + optional_s + " for the peak" + optional_s + " (A) are data values:", gaussParametersArray[:,0]
            print "Finally, the sigma value" + optional_s + " (C) of the peak" + optional_s + " (calculated from the inflection points) are", gaussParametersArray[:,2]

        if showPlot:
            plotDict = {}
            plotDict['verbose'] = verbose
            # plot formatting for index (x) and spectrum values (y) where the gsd (generalized 2nd derivative)
            # crosses zero (this is marks a boundaries for finding local extrema)
            y_icrossVals = [y[icrossVal] for icrossVal in icross]
            x = range(len(y))
            # plot formatting for the gsd (generalized second derivative)
            gsd_rescaled = rescale(y, gsd)
            gsd_zeroLine = rescale(y, gsd, numpy.zeros(len(y)))
            gsd_zeroLine_icrossVals = rescale(y, gsd, numpy.zeros(len(icross)))
            maxAllowedError_rescaled  = rescale(y, gsd, maxAllowedError)

            # These can be a list or a single value
            plotDict['yData'] = [y, maxAllowedError_rescaled, gsd_rescaled, gsd_zeroLine, gsd_zeroLine_icrossVals, y_icrossVals, gaussParametersArray[:,0]]
            plotDict['xData'] = [x, x, x, x, icross, icross, gaussParametersArray[:,1]]
            plotDict['colors'] = ['firebrick', 'LawnGreen', 'darkorchid', "black", 'black', 'dodgerblue', 'darkorange']
            plotDict['legendLabel'] = ['The data', 'max allowed error', '2nd derivative', '2nd deri = 0', 'cross point','cross point', 'found peaks']
            plotDict['fmt'] = ['None', 'None', 'None', 'None', 'x', 'o', 'd']
            plotDict['markersize'] = [5, 5, 5, 5, 10, 9, 10]
            plotDict['alpha'] = [1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 0.7, 0.7, 0.7]
            plotDict['ls'] = ['-', '-', 'dashed', 'dotted', 'None', 'None', 'None']
            plotDict['lineWidth'] = [2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1]
            # These must be a single value
            plotDict['title'] = '2nd Derivative Zero Crossing Zero and Peaks Found'
            plotDict['xlabel'] = 'Channel Number'
            plotDict['legendAutoLabel'] = False
            plotDict['doLegend'] = True
            plotDict['legendLoc'] = 0
            plotDict['legendNumPoints'] = 3
            plotDict['legendHandleLength'] = 5
            plotDict['doShow'] = True
            quickPlotter(plotDict=plotDict)
        if verbose:
            print "Mariscotti algorithm completed.\n"
        return gaussParametersArray
Example #3
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def extractPulseInfo(folderName,
                     fileNamePrefix='',
                     filenameSuffix='',
                     columnNamesToIgnore=['time'],
                     skipRows=1,
                     delimiter=',',
                     trimBeforeMin=True,
                     multiplesOfMedianStdForRejection=None,
                     conv_channels=1,
                     numOfExponents=1,
                     calcFitForEachPulse=False,
                     upperBoundAmp=float('inf'),
                     showTestPlots_Pulses=False,
                     testModeReadIn=False,
                     verbose=True):

    listOfDataDicts = loadPulses(folderName,
                                 fileNamePrefix=fileNamePrefix,
                                 filenameSuffix=filenameSuffix,
                                 skipRows=skipRows,
                                 delimiter=delimiter,
                                 testMode=testModeReadIn,
                                 verbose=verbose)

    numOfDataDicts = len(listOfDataDicts)
    modLen = max((int(numOfDataDicts / 200.0), 1))
    if verbose:
        if conv_channels > 1:
            print "The data is to be smoothed with a top hat kernel of " + str(
                conv_channels) + " channels."
        if trimBeforeMin:
            print "All the data values before the minimum value will be trimmed away before being saved."
        print " "
    columnNamesToIgnore.append('fileName'.lower())
    columnNamesToIgnore.append('uniqueID'.lower())
    columnNamesToIgnore.append('xData'.lower())

    # initialize the dictionary to extract data from processed pulses
    listOfPulseDicts = []

    for IDindex in range(numOfDataDicts):
        tableDict = listOfDataDicts[IDindex]
        uniqueID = tableDict['uniqueID']
        tableDict = listOfDataDicts[IDindex]
        dataKeys = []
        tableDict['xData'] = None
        tableDictKeys = tableDict.keys()
        for testKey in tableDictKeys:
            if not testKey.lower() in columnNamesToIgnore:
                dataKeys.append(testKey)
            if 'time' == testKey.lower():
                tableDict['xData'] = tableDict[testKey]
        plotDict = initializeTestPlots(showTestPlots_Pulses, verbose)
        for key in dataKeys:
            # make a new dictionary for each pulse, there may be many pulses in tableDict
            pulseDict = {}
            # assign the pulse yData
            pulseDict['arrayData'] = tableDict[key]
            # if the pulse has x Data, assign it
            if tableDict['xData'] is None:
                pulseDict['xData'] = len(pulseDict['arrayData'])
            else:
                pulseDict['xData'] = tableDict['xData']
            # assign a unique iD to this pulse for later identification.
            pulseDict['uniqueID'] = key.replace(' ', '_') + '_' + uniqueID
            pulseDict['rawDataFileName'] = tableDict['fileName']

            # process the pulse
            pulseDict, plotDict = pulsePipeline(
                pulseDict, plotDict, multiplesOfMedianStdForRejection,
                conv_channels, trimBeforeMin, numOfExponents,
                calcFitForEachPulse, upperBoundAmp)
            listOfPulseDicts.append(pulseDict)

        if showTestPlots_Pulses:
            quickPlotter(plotDict=plotDict)

        if verbose:
            if IDindex % modLen == 0:
                print "Pulse operations are " \
                      + str('%02.2f' % (IDindex * 100.0 / float(numOfDataDicts))) + " % complete."

    return listOfPulseDicts
Example #4
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def calcP_funcForSI(charArray1,
                    charArray2,
                    charArrayTestPlotsFilename=None,
                    useFittedFunction=True,
                    xStep=1.0e-8,
                    xTruncateAfter_s=float('inf'),
                    numOfExponents=2,
                    upperBoundAmp=float('inf'),
                    verbose=True):
    if charArrayTestPlotsFilename is None:
        savePlot = False
    else:
        savePlot = True
    plotDict = initializeTestPlots(doShow=False,
                                   verbose=verbose,
                                   doSave=savePlot,
                                   plotFileName=charArrayTestPlotsFilename,
                                   title='Characteristic Functions')
    # Calculations for Characteristic Function 1
    char1Len = len(charArray1)
    dateLen1_s = char1Len * float(xStep)
    if dateLen1_s > xTruncateAfter_s:
        char1Len = int(numpy.round(xTruncateAfter_s / float(xStep)))
    charPulseDict1 = {
        'keptData': numpy.array(charArray1[:char1Len]),
        'keptXData': numpy.arange(0.0, char1Len * float(xStep), xStep)
    }
    plotDict = appendToTestPlots(plotDict,
                                 charPulseDict1['keptData'],
                                 charPulseDict1['keptXData'],
                                 legendLabel='Function 1',
                                 fmt='None',
                                 markersize=4,
                                 alpha=1.0,
                                 ls='solid',
                                 lineWidth=1)

    # fit with a sum of exponential
    fittedAmpTau1, charPulseDict1['fittedCost'], junk \
        = fittingSumOfPowers(charPulseDict1['keptData'], charPulseDict1['keptXData'], numOfExponents, plotDict, upperBoundAmp)
    if fittedAmpTau1 is not None:
        for (index, (amp, tau)) in list(enumerate(fittedAmpTau1)):
            charPulseDict1['fittedAmp' + str(index + 1)] = amp
            charPulseDict1['fittedTau' + str(index + 1)] = tau
    else:
        for index in range(numOfExponents):
            charPulseDict1['fittedAmp' + str(index + 1)] = None
            charPulseDict1['fittedTau' + str(index + 1)] = None

    # Calculations for Characteristic Function 2
    char2Len = len(charArray2)
    dateLen2_s = char2Len * float(xStep)
    if dateLen2_s > xTruncateAfter_s:
        char2Len = int(numpy.round(xTruncateAfter_s / float(xStep)))
    charPulseDict2 = {
        'keptData': numpy.array(charArray2[:char2Len]),
        'keptXData': numpy.arange(0.0, char2Len * float(xStep), xStep)
    }
    plotDict = appendToTestPlots(plotDict,
                                 charPulseDict2['keptData'],
                                 charPulseDict2['keptXData'],
                                 legendLabel='Function 2',
                                 fmt='None',
                                 markersize=4,
                                 alpha=1.0,
                                 ls='solid',
                                 lineWidth=1)

    # fit with a sum of exponential
    fittedAmpTau2, charPulseDict2['fittedCost'], junk \
        = fittingSumOfPowers(charPulseDict2['keptData'], charPulseDict2['keptXData'], numOfExponents, plotDict, upperBoundAmp)
    if fittedAmpTau2 is not None:
        for (index, (amp, tau)) in list(enumerate(fittedAmpTau2)):
            charPulseDict2['fittedAmp' + str(index + 1)] = amp
            charPulseDict2['fittedTau' + str(index + 1)] = tau
    else:
        for index in range(numOfExponents):
            charPulseDict2['fittedAmp' + str(index + 1)] = None
            charPulseDict2['fittedTau' + str(index + 1)] = None

    # replace the real-data average with a fitted function for the shaping indicator (SI) calculation
    if useFittedFunction:
        fit1_success = True
        for sumIndex in range(numOfExponents):
            if charPulseDict1['fittedAmp' + str(sumIndex + 1)] is None:
                fit1_success = False
                break
            if charPulseDict1['fittedTau' + str(sumIndex + 1)] is None:
                fit1_success = False
                break

        if fit1_success:
            newArray = numpy.zeros((char1Len))
            for sumIndex in range(numOfExponents):
                newArray += naturalPower(
                    charPulseDict1['keptXData'],
                    charPulseDict1['fittedAmp' + str(sumIndex + 1)],
                    charPulseDict1['fittedTau' + str(sumIndex + 1)])
            charArray1 = newArray
        else:
            plotDict = appendToTestPlots(
                plotDict,
                charPulseDict1['keptData'],
                charPulseDict1['keptXData'],
                legendLabel='Function 1 FIT FAILED SHOWING AVERAGE PULSE',
                fmt='None',
                markersize=4,
                alpha=1.0,
                ls='dashed',
                lineWidth=1)

        fit2_success = True
        for sumIndex in range(numOfExponents):
            if charPulseDict2['fittedAmp' + str(sumIndex + 1)] is None:
                fit2_success = False
                break
            if charPulseDict2['fittedTau' + str(sumIndex + 1)] is None:
                fit2_success = False
                break

        if fit2_success:
            newArray = numpy.zeros((char2Len))
            for sumIndex in range(numOfExponents):
                newArray += naturalPower(
                    charPulseDict2['keptXData'],
                    charPulseDict2['fittedAmp' + str(sumIndex + 1)],
                    charPulseDict2['fittedTau' + str(sumIndex + 1)])
            charArray2 = newArray
        else:
            plotDict = appendToTestPlots(
                plotDict,
                charPulseDict2['keptData'],
                charPulseDict2['keptXData'],
                legendLabel='FUNCTION 2 FIT FAILED SHOWING AVERAGE PULSE',
                fmt='None',
                markersize=4,
                alpha=1.0,
                ls='dashed',
                lineWidth=1)

    # Calculate the shaping indicator SI
    minCharLen = numpy.min((char1Len, char2Len))

    # Normalize the characteristic functions to have the integral values to be equal to unity (one)
    charArray1_forPfunc = charArray1[:minCharLen] / numpy.sum(
        charArray1[:minCharLen])
    charArray2_forPfunc = charArray2[:minCharLen] / numpy.sum(
        charArray2[:minCharLen])

    # The P-function calculation
    Pfunc = (charArray1_forPfunc -
             charArray2_forPfunc) / (charArray1_forPfunc + charArray2_forPfunc)
    plotDict = appendToTestPlots(plotDict,
                                 Pfunc,
                                 numpy.arange(0.0, minCharLen * float(xStep),
                                              xStep),
                                 legendLabel='Calculated P(t)',
                                 fmt='None',
                                 markersize=4,
                                 alpha=1.0,
                                 ls='dotted',
                                 lineWidth=2)

    # plotDict['doShow'] = True
    quickPlotter(plotDict)

    # calculate integrals
    charPulseDict1['integral'], junk = calcIntegral(
        charPulseDict1['keptData'], charPulseDict1['keptXData'], plotDict)
    charPulseDict2['integral'], junk = calcIntegral(
        charPulseDict2['keptData'], charPulseDict2['keptXData'], plotDict)
    return Pfunc, charPulseDict1, charPulseDict2
Example #5
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def listGaussFitter(spectrum,
                    x,
                    errFactor=1,
                    numberOfIndexesToSmoothOver=1,
                    showPlot_peakFinder=False,
                    showPlot_gaussFitters=False,
                    verbose=False):
    # apply the mariscotti peak finding algorithm
    guessParametersSet = peakFinder(
        spectrum,
        x,
        numberOfIndexesToSmoothOver=numberOfIndexesToSmoothOver,
        errFactor=errFactor,
        showPlot_peakFinder=showPlot_peakFinder,
        verbose=verbose)

    # piloting initialization and defaults
    if showPlot_gaussFitters:
        plotDict = {}
        plotDict['verbose'] = verbose
        plotDict['doShow'] = showPlot_gaussFitters

        # These can be a list or a single value, here we initialize a list.
        plotDict['yData'] = []
        plotDict['xData'] = []
        plotDict['legendLabel'] = []
        plotDict['fmt'] = []
        plotDict['markersize'] = []
        plotDict['alpha'] = []
        plotDict['ls'] = []
        plotDict['lineWidth'] = []

        # These must be a single value
        plotDict['title'] = ''
        plotDict['xlabel'] = 'Channel Number'
        plotDict['legendAutoLabel'] = False
        plotDict['doLegend'] = True
        plotDict['legendLoc'] = 0
        plotDict['legendNumPoints'] = 3
        plotDict['legendHandleLength'] = 5
        plotDict['clearAtTheEnd'] = False

        # append the plot values for the raw spectrum
        plotDict['yData'].append(spectrum[:])
        plotDict['xData'].append(x)
        plotDict['legendLabel'].append('rawData')
        plotDict['fmt'].append('None')
        plotDict['markersize'].append(5)
        plotDict['alpha'].append(1.0)
        plotDict['ls'].append('solid')
        plotDict['lineWidth'].append(3)
    else:
        plotDict = None

    # get the model parameters and Error for all the found peaks in the list.
    # list of tuple, [(modelParam, paramsError), ]
    # where modelParam = [amplitude, mean, sigma],  paramsError = [amplitude error, mean error, sigma error]
    modelInfo = []
    numOfFitsInList = len(guessParametersSet)
    formatStr = '%1.4f'
    spectrumForFitter = copy.copy(spectrum)
    for (fitNum, guessParameters) in list(enumerate(guessParametersSet)):
        modelParams, paramsError, plotDict = \
            singleGaussFitter(spectrumForFitter, x, guessParameters,
                              peakName=' peak ' + str(fitNum + 1),
                              showPlot=True,
                              plotDict=plotDict)
        # quickPlotter(plotDict=plotDict)
        # subtract the fit from the spectrum so that the next peak can't find it.
        spectrumForFitter -= gaussian(x, *modelParams)
        modelInfo.append((modelParams, paramsError))
        if verbose:
            print "fitting for the found peak", fitNum + 1, "of", numOfFitsInList
            print "in amplitude (guess, fitted, error) = (" + \
                  str(formatStr % guessParameters[0]) + ", " +\
                  str(formatStr % modelParams[0]) + ", " +\
                  str(formatStr % paramsError[0]) + ")"
            print "in mean (guess, fitted, error) = (" + \
                  str(formatStr % guessParameters[1]) + ", " +\
                  str(formatStr % modelParams[1]) + ", " +\
                  str(formatStr % paramsError[1]) + ")"
            print "in sigma (guess, fitted, error) = (" + \
                  str(formatStr % guessParameters[2]) + ", " +\
                  str(formatStr % modelParams[2]) + ", " +\
                  str(formatStr % paramsError[2]) + ")\n"

    if showPlot_gaussFitters:
        quickPlotter(plotDict=plotDict)

    return modelInfo