Efficient strategies for low-statistics nuclear searches

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1435-1442

  Klimenko, Alexei V ^a   Priedhorsky, William C ^a   Hengartner, Nicolas W ^a   Borozdin, Konstantin N ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Nuclear detection; Nuclear search

Indexed keywords

NUCLEAR DETECTION; NUCLEAR SEARCH; SEARCH STRATEGIES; WEAK RADIOACTIVE SOURCE;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ALARM SYSTEMS; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

NUCLEAR PHYSICS;

EID: 33746373818     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2005.862860     Document Type: Article

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