Signal significance in the presence of systematic and statistical uncertainties

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

Volumn 502, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 795-798

  Bityukov, S I ^a   Krasnikov, N V ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^b INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Hypotheses testing; Significance; Systematics; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

HYPOTHESES TESTING;

HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS;

EID: 0037880733     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9002(03)00586-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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