Comparison of the least squares and the maximum likelihood estimators for gamma-spectrometry

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms

Volumn 145, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 573-577

  Muravsky, V A ^a   Tolstov, S A ^a   Kholmetskii, A L ^b  

^a International Sakharov Environmental University   (Belarus)

^b BELARUSIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (Belarus)

Author keywords

Least squares estimator; Maximum likelihood estimator; Nuclide activity estimation; Scintillation spectra

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; RADIOACTIVITY MEASUREMENT; RADIOISOTOPES; SCINTILLATION; SPECTROMETRY;

GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; NUCLIDE ACTIVITY ESTIMATION;

GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETERS;

EID: 0032297939     PISSN: 0168583X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-583X(98)80555-7     Document Type: Article

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