Systematic errors in x2-fitting of Poisson distributions

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 372, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 289-292

  Jading, Y ^a   Riisager, K ^b  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURVE FITTING; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; STATISTICAL METHODS;

COUNT NUMBERS; GOODNESS OF FIT TESTS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; SYSTEMATIC ERRORS;

ERROR STATISTICS;

EID: 0030104279     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0168-9002(95)01397-0     Document Type: Article

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