Extending the optimum interval method
Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability
2007-09-19 v1 General Physics
Applications
Abstract
The optimum interval method for finding an upper limit of a one-dimensionally distributed signal in the presence of an unknown background is extended to the case of high statistics. There is also some discussion of how the method can be extended to the multiple dimensional case.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0709.2701,
title = {Extending the optimum interval method},
author = {S. Yellin},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0709.2701},
year = {2007}
}
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12 pages, 5 figures