Numerical construction of likelihood distributions and the propagation of errors

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

Volumn 411, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 153-158

  Swain, J ^a   Taylor, L ^a,b  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ERROR PROPAGATION; LIKELIHOOD DISTRIBUTIONS; TAYLOR SERIES EXPANSION;

ERROR ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032114786     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9002(98)00280-0     Document Type: Article

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