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Computation of confidence intervals for Poisson processes

J. A. Aguilar-Saavedra

hep-exarXiv:hep-ex/9911024

Abstract

We present an algorithm which allows a fast numerical computation of Feldman-Cousins confidence intervals for Poisson processes, even when the number of background events is relatively large. This algorithm incorporates an appropriate treatment of the singularities that arise as a consequence of the discreteness of the variable.

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