Bayesian decision threshold, detection limit and confidence limits in ionising-radiation measurement

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 52-63

  Weise, K ^a   Hubel K ^a   Rose, E ^a   Schlager M ^b   Schrammel, D ^c   Taschner M ^d   Michel, R ^d  

^a Bayerisches Landesamt für Umwelt ^*  (Germany)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^c KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CALIBRATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DOSIMETRY; IONIZING RADIATION; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PROBABILITY; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIATION PROTECTION; SPECTROMETRY; STANDARDIZATION;

ALGORITHMS; BAYES THEOREM; CALIBRATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PROBABILITY; RADIATION, IONIZING; RADIOMETRY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

EID: 33845698205     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncl095     Document Type: Article

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