Improved central confidence intervals for the ratio of Poisson means

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

Volumn 417, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 391-399

  Cousins, R D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Confidence intervals; Errors; Ratio of Poisson means

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ERRORS; MEDICINE; RELIABILITY THEORY;

CONFIDENCE INTERVALS;

POISSON DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0347483476     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9002(98)00780-3     Document Type: Article

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