alphaPDE: A New Multivariate Technique for Parameter Estimation
Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability
2009-11-07 v2 High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract
We present alphaPDE, a new multivariate analysis technique for parameter estimation. The method is based on a direct construction of joint probability densities of known variables and the parameters to be estimated. We show how posterior densities and best-value estimates are then obtained for the parameters of interest by a straightforward manipulation of these densities. The method is essentially non-parametric and allows for an intuitive graphical interpretation. We illustrate the method by outlining how it can be used to estimate the mass of the top quark, and we explain how the method is applied to an ensemble of events containing background.
Cite
@article{arxiv.physics/0108002,
title = {alphaPDE: A New Multivariate Technique for Parameter Estimation},
author = {B. Knuteson and H. Miettinen and L. Holmstrom},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0108002},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
11 pages, published version