Comparison of maximum likelihood estimation and chi-square statistics applied to counting experiments
- 12 January 2001
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier BV in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
- Vol. 457 (1-2), 384-401
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0168-9002(00)00756-7
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