Robust Constraint of Luminosity Function Evolution Through MCMC Sampling
  We present a new galaxy survey simulation package, which combines the power
of Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) sampling with a robust and adaptable model
of galaxy evolution. The aim of this code is to aid in the characterization and
study of new and existing galaxy surveys. In this paper we briefly describe the
MCMC implementation and the survey simulation methodology and associated tools.
A test case of this full suite was to constrain the evolution of the IR
Luminosity Function (LF) based on the HerMES (Herschel SPIRE) survey of the
Spitzer First Look Survey field. The initial results are consistent with
previous studies, but our more general approach should be of wider benefit to
the community.
