OpTHyLiC: an Optimised Tool for Hybrid Limits Computation
Abstract
A software tool, computing observed and expected upper limits on Poissonian process rates using a hybrid frequentist-Bayesian CLs method, is presented. This tool can be used for simple counting experiments where only signal, background and observed yields are provided or for multi-bin experiments where binned distributions of discriminating variables are provided. It allows the combination of several channels and takes into account statistical and systematic uncertainties, as well as correlations of systematic uncertainties between channels. It has been validated against other software tools and analytical calculations, for several realistic cases.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1502.02610,
title = {OpTHyLiC: an Optimised Tool for Hybrid Limits Computation},
author = {Emmanuel Busato and David Calvet and Timothée Theveneaux-Pelzer},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1502.02610},
year = {2018}
}
Comments
26 pages, 14 figures, 6 tables. This paper describes the software available at http://opthylic.in2p3.fr