Title of article
Signal significance in the presence of systematic and statistical uncertainties
Author/Authors
Bityukov، نويسنده , , S.I. and Krasnikov، نويسنده , , N.V.، نويسنده ,
Issue Information
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2003
Pages
4
From page
795
To page
798
Abstract
Incorporation of uncertainties to calculations of signal significance in planned experiments is an actual task. We present a procedure of allowing for the effects of one-sided systematic errors related to nonexact knowledge of signal and background cross-sections, which affect the discovery potential of an experiment. A method is proposed for treating the statistical errors of the expected signal and background rates.
Keywords
uncertainty , systematics , Significance , Hypotheses testing
Journal title
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A
Serial Year
2003
Journal title
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A
Record number
2198791
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