The Signal Estimator Limit Setting Method

A new method of background subtraction is presented which uses the concept of a signal estimator to construct a confidence level which is always conservative and which is never better than e^-s. The new method yields stronger exclusions than the Bayesian method with a flat prior distribution.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Jin, S, McNamara, P
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: CERN 2000
Materias:
Mathematical Physics and Mathematics
Acceso en línea:https://dx.doi.org/10.5170/CERN-2000-005.103
http://cds.cern.ch/record/374774
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McNamara, P
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description A new method of background subtraction is presented which uses the concept of a signal estimator to construct a confidence level which is always conservative and which is never better than e^-s. The new method yields stronger exclusions than the Bayesian method with a flat prior distribution.
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The Signal Estimator Limit Setting Method
title The Signal Estimator Limit Setting Method
title_full The Signal Estimator Limit Setting Method
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title_short The Signal Estimator Limit Setting Method
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topic Mathematical Physics and Mathematics
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