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Confidence intervals for the parameter of Poisson distribution in presence of background

Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability 2007-05-23 v5 Probability

Abstract

A results of numerical procedure for construction of confidence intervals for parameter of Poisson distribution for signal in the presence of background which has Poisson distribution with known value of parameter are presented. It is shown that the described procedure has both Bayesian and frequentist interpretations.

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@article{arxiv.physics/0009064,
  title  = {Confidence intervals for the parameter of Poisson distribution in presence of background},
  author = {S. I. Bityukov and N. V. Krasnikov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0009064},
  year   = {2007}
}

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9 pages (1 LaTeX and 2 EPS files), two figures has been added