Confidence level computation for combining searches with small statistics

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ژورنال

عنوان ژورنال: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

سال: 1999

ISSN: 0168-9002

DOI: 10.1016/s0168-9002(99)00498-2