Sensitivity of robust vertex fitting algorithms

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 51, Issue 5 I, 2004, Pages 2037-2044

  D'Hondt, J ^a   Fruhwirth R ^b   Vanlaer, P ^c   Waltenberger, W ^b  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b Institut für Hoch Energiephysik   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

High energy physics; Robust statistics; Vertex fitting

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KINEMATICS; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL METHODS; TOPOLOGY;

PRIMARY VERTEX; ROBUST STATISTICS; VERTEX FITTING;

HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS;

EID: 8344274439     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2004.832296     Document Type: Article

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