When the activity of a sample is close to the background level, the decision threshold is classically defined by considering distributions of sample and background as being equal...
Keywords: Decision threshold, Bayesian statistics, Low radioactive count rate, Nuclear counting
08/2007 | Radiochimica Acta, Oldenbourg WissenschaftsverlagThe trapezoidal and triangular distribution recommended by the “Guide to the Expression of Uncertainty in Measurement (GUM)” are derived to obtain methods for drawing random samples from them...
Keywords: GUM, Bayesian statistics, Monte Carlo simulations, confidence regions, laserscanning
01/2008 | Journal of Applied Geodesy, Walter de Gruyter