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An introduction to Bootstrap for nuclear physics

Nuclear Theory 2019-05-22 v2 Nuclear Experiment

Abstract

This guide aims at providing a general introduction to bootstrap methods. By using simple examples taken from nuclear physics, I discuss how such a method can be used to quantify error bars of an estimator. I also investigate the use of bootstrap to estimate parameters of a simple liquid drop model. In particular, I investigate how the method compares with standard techniques based on likelihood estimator and how to take into account correlations to better evaluate confidence interval of parameters.

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@article{arxiv.1810.05585,
  title  = {An introduction to Bootstrap for nuclear physics},
  author = {A. Pastore},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1810.05585},
  year   = {2019}
}
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