Use and abuse of the Fisher information matrix in the assessment of gravitational-wave parameter-estimation prospects

Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Vallisneri, Michele ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 41049096559     PISSN: 15507998     EISSN: 15502368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.77.042001     Document Type: Article

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