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Fully Bayesian Unfolding

Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability 2012-06-01 v4

Abstract

Bayesian inference is applied directly to the problem of unfolding. The outcome is a posterior probability density for the spectrum before smearing, defined in the multi-dimensional space of all possible spectra. Regularization consists in choosing a non-constant prior. Despite some similarity, the fully bayesian unfolding (FBU) method, presented here, should not be confused with D'Agostini's iterative method.

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@article{arxiv.1201.4612,
  title  = {Fully Bayesian Unfolding},
  author = {Georgios Choudalakis},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1201.4612},
  year   = {2012}
}

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24 pages of text, 40 pages of figures

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