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View SchemaInterval estimation in the presence of nuisance parameters. 1. Bayesian approach
| Authors | Joel Heinrich, Craig Blocker, John Conway, Luc Demortier, Louis Lyons, Giovanni Punzi, Pekka K. Sinervo |
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| ArXiv ID | physics/0409129 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0409129 |
Abstract
We address the common problem of calculating intervals in the presence of systematic uncertainties. We aim to investigate several approaches, but here describe just a Bayesian technique for setting upper limits. The particular example we study is that of inferring the rate of a Poisson process when there are uncertainties on the acceptance and the background. Limit calculating software associated with this work is available in the form of C functions.
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