Confidence intervals and upper bounds for small signals in the presence of background noise

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

Volumn 458, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 745-758

  Rolke, Wolfgang A ^a   López, Angel M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

PROFILE LIKELIHOOD;

NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTATION;

EID: 0343026331     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9002(00)00935-9     Document Type: Article

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