Published August 2006 | Version v1
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Smoothing of one and two-dimensional histograms with a diffusion algorithm

Creators

  • 1. Physikalisches Institut der Universitaet, Philosophenweg 12, D69120 Heidelberg (Germany)

Description

Monte Carlo histograms with statistical fluctuations and without proper mathematical modelling are often used to analyse experimental data. A procedure to smooth one and two-dimensional histograms is described which uses a diffusion-like information exchange between neighboring bins to average over statistical fluctuations. The procedure is steered by two parameters which control the fraction of the total histogram content to be used in the local averaging process

Availability note (English)

Available online at http://stacks.iop.org/1126-6708/2006/i=08/a=056/jhep082006056.pdf or at the Web site for the Journal of High Energy Physics (ISSN 1029-8479) http://www.iop.org/

Additional details

Identifiers

URL
http://stacks.iop.org/1126-6708/2006/i=08/a=056/jhep082006056.pdf; http://www.iop.org/;
DOI
10.1088/1126-6708/2006/08/056;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of High Energy Physics
Journal Volume
2006
Journal Issue
08
Journal Page Range
p. 056
ISSN
1126-6708

INIS

Country of Publication
Italy
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
38001519
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
ALGORITHMS; CONTROL; DIFFUSION; FLUCTUATIONS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; SIMULATION; TWO-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS
Descriptors DEC
CALCULATION METHODS; MATHEMATICAL LOGIC; VARIATIONS