Chi-square tests for comparing weighted histograms

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 614, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 287-296

  Gagunashvili, N D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKUREYRI   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Comparison experimental and simulated data; Fit Monte Carlo distribution to data; Homogeneity test; Random sum of random variable

Indexed keywords

CHI-SQUARE TESTS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FIT MONTE CARLO DISTRIBUTION TO DATA; MONTE CARLO; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; NUMERICAL EXAMPLE; RANDOM NUMBERS; SIMULATED DATA; WEIGHTED FUNCTION; WEIGHTED HISTOGRAM;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RANDOM PROCESSES; TESTING;

RANDOM VARIABLES;

EID: 77149167580     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2009.12.037     Document Type: Article

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