Extending the optimum interval method

2007/09/17 by Yellin, S. · 1 citation
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paper · doi:10.48550/arxiv.0709.2701

Abstract

The optimum interval method for finding an upper limit of a one-dimensionally distributed signal in the presence of an unknown background is extended to the case of high statistics. There is also some discussion of how the method can be extended to the multiple dimensional case.

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