Upper limits from counting experiments with multiple pipelines

Classical and Quantum Gravity

Volumn 26, Issue 24, 2009, Pages

  Sutton, Patrick J ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 70849112482     PISSN: 02649381     EISSN: 13616382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0264-9381/26/24/245007     Document Type: Article

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