Dealing with systematics and setting limits

The analysis of data in particle physics often involves systematic uncertainties, and the results entail the setting of limits on inferred parameters. This paper illustrates the former with a simple example, building on the introduction to the Bayesian approach given in Sivia [1], and offers a novel...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sivia D.S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: EDP Sciences 2013-07-01
Series:EPJ Web of Conferences
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20135501002