Program for evaluation of significance, confidence intervals and limits by direct calculation of probabilities

Statistical Problems in Particle Physics, Astrophysics and Cosmology - Proceedings of PHYSTAT 2005

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 106-107

  Bityukov, S I ^a   Erofeeva, S E ^b   Krasnikov, N V ^c   Nikitenko, N ^d  

^a INSTITUTE FOR HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^b MIREA RUSSIAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH   (Russian Federation)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COSMOLOGY; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL METHODS; STATISTICAL PHYSICS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIRECT CALCULATION; GAUSSIAN APPROXIMATIONS; LIKELIHOOD RATIOS; STATISTICAL PROPERTIES; STATISTICAL UNCERTAINTY;

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EID: 34249306727     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1142/9781860948985_0024     Document Type: Conference Paper

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