Title of article
On the observability of a signal above background
Author/Authors
Bityukov، نويسنده , , S.I. and Krasnikov، نويسنده , , N.V.، نويسنده ,
Issue Information
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2000
Pages
7
From page
518
To page
524
Abstract
Several criteria used by physicists to quantify the ratio of signal to background in planned experiments are compared. An equal probability test is proposed for the evaluation of the uncertainty in planned search experiments.
Keywords
Hypotheses testing , statistics , Monte-Carlo methods
Journal title
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A
Serial Year
2000
Journal title
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A
Record number
2187606
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