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View SchemaThe Signal Estimator Limit Setting Method
| Authors | S. Jin, P. McNamara |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | physics/9812030 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/9812030 |
Abstract
A new method of background subtraction is presented which uses the concept of a signal estimator to construct a confidence level which is always conservative and which is never better than e^-s. The new method yields stronger exclusions than the Bayesian method with a flat prior distribution.
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