Likelihood ratio intervals with Bayesian treatment of uncertainties: Coverage, power and combined experiments

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

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 93-96

  Conrad, J ^a   Tegenfeldt, F ^b  

^a ALBANOVA UNIVERSITY CENTER   (Sweden)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; STATISTICAL PHYSICS;

B MESON DECAYS; BAYESIAN INTEGRATION; BRANCHING RATIO; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; LIKELIHOOD RATIOS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATE; NUISANCE PARAMETER; POISSON PROCESS;

COSMOLOGY;

EID: 84894198485     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1142/9781860948985_0020     Document Type: Conference Paper

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