Including Gaussian uncertainty on the background estimate for upper limit calculations using Poissonian sampling

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

Volumn 517, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 360-363

  Lista, Luca ^a  

^a INFN SEZIONE DI NAPOLI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Likelihood; Statistics; Upper limit

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; ESTIMATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POLYNOMIALS; RANDOM PROCESSES; SAMPLING;

GAUSSIAN UNCERTAINTY; LIKELIHOOD RATIO APPROACH;

HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS;

EID: 0346968332     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2003.10.085     Document Type: Article

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