Title of article :
On the observability of a signal above background
Author/Authors :
Bityukov، نويسنده , , S.I. and Krasnikov، نويسنده , , N.V.، نويسنده ,
Issue Information :
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2000
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 :
Hypotheses testing , statistics , Monte-Carlo methods
Journal title :
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A
Journal title :
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A
