Proposal for a different chi-square function for Poisson distributions

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

Volumn 449, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 383-395

  Almeida Jr , F M L ^a   Barbi, M ^a   Do Vale, M A B ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b CENTRO BRASILEIRO DE PESQUISAS FÍSICAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURVE FITTING; FUNCTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

CHI SQUARE FUNCTION; GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION;

POISSON DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0034227215     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9002(99)01466-7     Document Type: Article

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