Incorporating systematic uncertainties into an upper limit

Autor:	R. Cousins, V. L. Highland
Rok vydání:	1992
Předmět:	Physics Detection limit Nuclear and High Energy Physics CLs upper limits Branching fraction Simple (abstract algebra) Zero (complex analysis) Applied mathematics Statistical analysis Limit (mathematics) Sensitivity (control systems) Instrumentation
Zdroj:	Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment. 320:331-335
ISSN:	0168-9002
Popis:	We discuss the problem of incorporating the uncertainty in the experimental sensitivity into the calculation of an upper confidence limit on a branching ratio or similar quantity. If the number of events is small or zero but without background, the correction to the usual result is given by a simple, easily applied formula. The case of an accurately known background also has a simple solution.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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