Published July 21, 2007 | Version v1
Journal article

Upper limit for Poisson variable incorporating systematic uncertainties by Bayesian approach

  • 1. Institute of High Energy Physics, CAS, Beijing 100039 (China)

Description

To calculate the upper limit for the Poisson observable at given confidence level with inclusion of systematic uncertainties in background expectation and signal efficiency, formulations have been established along the line of Bayesian approach. A FORTRAN program, BPULE, has been developed to implement the upper limit calculation

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.nima.2007.05.116;
PII
S0168-9002(07)00986-2;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Journal Volume
578
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 322-328
ISSN
0168-9002
CODEN
NIMAER

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
39010425
Subject category
S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
Descriptors DEI
DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; EFFICIENCY; FORTRAN; SIGNALS; STATISTICS
Descriptors DEC
FUNCTIONS; MATHEMATICS; PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES

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Copyright (c) 2007 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.