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Limit setting using spacings in the presence of unknown backgrounds
Lolian Shtembari, Allen Caldwell
Finding upper limits on the rate of events from a proposed process in the presence of unknown backgrounds is an often encountered problem in the search for rare processes. Methods…
Integration with an Adaptive Harmonic Mean Algorithm
Allen Caldwell, Philipp Eller, Vasyl Hafych +3
Numerically estimating the integral of functions in high dimensional spaces is a non-trivial task. A oft-encountered example is the calculation of the marginal likelihood in Bayesi…
Target Density Normalization for Markov Chain Monte Carlo Algorithms
Allen Caldwell, Chang Liu
Techniques for evaluating the normalization integral of the target density for Markov Chain Monte Carlo algorithms are described and tested numerically. It is assumed that the Mark…
Error Bars for Distributions of Numbers of Events
Ritu Aggarwal, Allen Caldwell
The common practice for displaying error bars on distributions of numbers of events is confusing and can lead to incorrect conclusions. A proposal is made for a different style of…
p-Values for Model Evaluation
Frederik Beaujean, Allen Caldwell, Daniel Kollar +1
Deciding whether a model provides a good description of data is often based on a goodness-of-fit criterion summarized by a p-value. Although there is considerable confusion concern…
BAT - The Bayesian Analysis Toolkit
Allen Caldwell, Daniel Kollar, Kevin Kroeninger
We describe the development of a new toolkit for data analysis. The analysis package is based on Bayes' Theorem, and is realized with the use of Markov Chain Monte Carlo. This give…