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The program gstlal_inspiral_plot_sensitivity computes the sensitive volume of a CBC search from input databases containing triggers from simulation experiments. These triggers need to be ranked by false alarm rate, the detection statistic used in S6 searches. Then injections which register a trigger louder than the loudest event, by false alarm rate, are considered found. All others are considered missed. The efficiency of detecting an event depends on the source parameters, such as its component masses, distance, spin, inclination, sky position, etc. However, lalapps_cbc_svim only considers the dependency of the efficiency on distance and mass, marginalizing over the other parameters. Injections are binned in distance and mass and the estimated efficiency is integrated over distance to convert the efficiency into a physical volume.
