Title of article
On the observability of a signal above background
Author/Authors
Bityukov، نويسنده , , S.I. and Krasnikov، نويسنده , , N.V.، نويسنده ,
Pages
7
From page
518
To page
524
Abstract
Several criteria used by physicists to quantify the ratio of signal to background in planned experiments are compared. An equal probability test is proposed for the evaluation of the uncertainty in planned search experiments.
Keywords
Monte-Carlo methods , Hypotheses testing , statistics
Journal title
Astroparticle Physics
Record number
2013091
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