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A new method of quasi-optimal observables allows one to approach the quality of data processing usually associated with the method of maximal likelihood within the simpler algorithmic context of generalized moments.
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Quantum parameter estimation is central to many fields such as quantum computation, communications and metrology. Optimal estimation theory has been instrumental in achieving the best accuracy in quantum parameter estimation, which is…
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The method of quasi-optimal observables [hep-ph/0001019] offers a fundamental yet simple and flexible algorithmic framework for data processing in high energy physics to improve upon the practice of event selection cuts.