2 papers
hep-ex2000
Upper Limits in the Case That Zero Events are Observed: An Intuitive Solution to the Background Dependence Puzzle
P. Astone, G. Pizzella
We compare the ``unified approach'' for the estimation of upper limits with an approach based on the Bayes theory, in the special case that no events are observed. The ``unified ap…
hep-ex1999
Inferring the intensity of Poisson processes at the limit of the detector sensitivity (with a case study on gravitational wave burst search)
P. Astone, G. D'Agostini
We consider the issue of reporting the result of search experiment in the most unbiased and efficient way, i.e. in a way which allows an easy interpretation and combination of resu…