Time distortion of a poisson process and its effect on experimental uncertainty

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 49, Issue 9-11, 1998, Pages 1213-1218

  Pomme S ^a  

^a BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETERS; RADIATION COUNTERS; STATISTICS;

POISSON PROCESS; SPECTROMETRY COUNTING;

RADIOACTIVITY MEASUREMENT;

COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR ENERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICS; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TIME;

EID: 0032145721     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-8043(97)10048-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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