• Significances of the excess; tools for comparison of results of experiments.
  
  New physics discovery potential in future experiments.      The usage.   
  On Observability of Signal above Background    The usage  
  Two approaches to Combining Significances    The usage  
  Uncertainties and Discovery Potential in Planned Experiments       The usage;   
  Expanded version -- e-Print: hep-ph/0204326"  
  Program for evaluation of the significance, confidence intervals and limits by direct probabilities calculations      Program      The usage
  On the Combining Significances       The usage.   
  Distinguishability of Hypotheses  The usage.
  The probability of making a correct decision in hypotheses testing as estimator of quality of planned experiments,    The usage.  
  Incorporating systematics and statistical uncertainties into exclusion limits  The usage.  
  
  
• The bridge between frequentist and Bayesian approaches.
  
  Confidence intervals for Poisson distribution parameter     The usage  
  On the Signal Significance in the Presence of Systematic and Statistical Uncertainties      also hep-ph/0207130;   The usage   
  Confidence distributions in statistical inference  The usage   
  The Transform between the space of observed values and the space of possible values of the parameter  The usage   
  On uncertainties associated with expected backgrounds in planned experiments
  Signal Significance in the Presence of Systematic and Statistical Uncertainties   The usage   
  Statistically dual distributions in statistical inference   The usage.  
  Experimental test of the probability density function of true value of Poisson distribution parameter by single observation of number of events      
  The usage  
  Statistically dual distributions and conjugate families    The usage.   
  The Bayesian Effects in Measurement of the Asymmetry of Poisson Flows   The usage  
  Statistical duality of the Laplace distribution   The usage   
  On the Confidence Interval for the parameter of Poisson Distribution       The usage.   
  
  
• The moment method and distinguishability of electromagnetic showers.         The usage.  

Book


  Trends in Experimental High Energy Physics
Chapter 8: Uncertainties in Estimation of Quality of Planned Experiments,
Editor: Stevens, Jacob R., Nova Science Publishers, ISBN: 1-59454-350-X, 2005





List of papers

     Proceedings of Science,      PoS (ACAT08) 118     
Two approaches to Combining Significances       November, 2008     
Proc. of the XII International Workshop on Advanced Computing and Analysis Techniques in Physics Research      


     Proceedings of Science,      PoS (ACAT) 062     
The Transform between the space of observed values and the space of possible values of the parameter       April, 2007     
Proc. of the XI International Workshop on Advanced Computing and Analysis Techniques in Physics Research      


     Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A     NIM A534 (2004) 152     
Distinguishability of Hypotheses       November, 2004     
Proc. of the IX International Workshop on Advanced Computing and Analysis Techniques in Physics Research      
cited by   



     Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A     NIM A534 (2004) 228     
Experimental test of the probability density function of true value of Poisson distribution parameter by single observation of number of events       November, 2004      physics/0403069
Proc. of the IX International Workshop on Advanced Computing and Analysis Techniques in Physics Research      
cited by   



     Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A     NIM A502 (2003) 795     
Signal Significance in the Presence of Systematic and Statistical Uncertainties       April, 2003     
Proc. of the VIII International Workshop on Advanced Computing and Analysis Techniques in Physics Research   
cited by   


  The Journal of High Energy Physics      JHEP 09(2002)060    
    On the Signal Significance in the Presence of Systematic and Statistical Uncertainties       30-09-2002;  
hep-ph/0207130;   cited by   



     Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A     NIM A452 (2000) 518     
On Observability of Signal above Background       October, 2000;    cited by   

    Modern Physics Letters A   MPLA 13 (1998) 3235;  
  New physics discovery potential in future experiments.      cited by;    e-Print:   physics/9811025"





Reports in Conferences



  MaxEnt 2010 Chamonix, France, July 4-9, 2010      Confidence distributions in statistical inference July, 8    
On uncertainties associated with expected backgrounds in planned experiments July, 6 (poster)    


  14th Lomonosov Conference on Elementary Particle Physics
Moscow, MSU, 19 - 25 August, 2009         
    Systematic uncertainties in experiments at LHC   

    XII International Workshop on Advanced Computing and Analysis Techniques in Physics Research,
Erice, Sicily, November 3-7, 2008      ACAT 2008    
    Two approaches to Combining Significances   

    PHYSTAT-LHC Workshop on Statistical Issues for LHC Physics    PhyStat-LHC 2007,  
June 27-29, 2007, CERN, Geneva     Confidence distributions in statistical inference (review)   

   
XI International Workshop on Advanced Computing and Analysis Techniques in Physics Research,
NIKHEF, Amsterdam, April 23-27, 2007      ACAT'07    
    The Transform between the space of observed values and the space of possible values of the parameter   

    Statistical problems in Particle Physics, Astrophysics and Cosmology, University of Oxford, 12th - 15th September 2005, Oxford, UK    PhyStat 2005  
   Statistically dual distributions in statistical inference (report) cited by   
   
   Program for evaluation of the significance, confidence intervals and limits by direct probabilities calculations (poster)      Program      Usage
   The Bayesian effects in measurement of the asymmetry of Poisson flows (poster)  physics/0512056
 


  MaxEnt 2005     
Statistically dual distributions and conjugate families   
in " Bayesian Inference and Maximum Entropy Methods in Science and Engineering",
25-th International Workshop on Bayesian Inference and Maximum Entropy Methods in Science and Engineering,
San Jose State University, San Jose CA USA, Aug 7-12, 2005, editors Kevin H. Knuth, Ali E. Abbas, Robin D. Morris, J. Patrick Castle,    
AIP Conference Proceedings, vol.803, pp.398-402, Melville, NY, 2005; also, talk   

  13th International Seminar on High Energy Physics, Pushkinskie Gory, Russia, May 24-30, 2004     Quarks-2004   
    Uncertainties in estimation of quality of planned experiments    Proceedings, INR RAS, Moscow, 2005, pp.467-493.

 
  High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK) 1-1 Oho, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801 Japan      ACAT'03    
    Distinguishability of Hypotheses (Section II, December 1)  
    Experimental test of the probability density function of true value of Poisson distribution parameter for observed number of events (poster)  physics/0403069
 
  SLAC, Stanford, California      PhyStat'2003   
   Incorporating systematics and statistical uncertainties into exclusion limits  
Proceedings of the Conference on Staistical problems in Particle Physics, Astrophysics and Cosmology,
SLAC, Stanford, 8-11 September 2003, Editors: L.Lyons, R.Mount, R.Reitmeyer, SLAC-R-703, pp.318-320;
  eConf C030908: THNT002, 2003, cited by   

     The probability of making a correct decision in hypotheses testing as estimator of quality of planned experiments,   
in " Bayesian Inference and Maximum Entropy Methods in Science and Engineering",
23-th International Workshop on Bayesian Inference and Maximum Entropy Methods in Science and Engineering,
Jackson Hole, Wyoming, 3-8 August 2003, editors G. Erickson and Y. Zhai    
AIP Conference Proceedings, vol.707, pp.455-464, Melville, NY, 2004; also e-Print:   physics/0309031

  MSU, Moscow      ACAT'2002        
Signal Significance in the Presence of Systematic and Statistical Uncertainties (ps-file)       26-06-2002  
e-Print: hep-ph/0207130; also, JHEP 09(2002)060; NIM A502, 795;   cited by (SPIRES)  

  Grey College, Durham      Advanced Statistical Techniques in Particle Physics                 
Uncertainties and Discovery Potential in Planned Experiments   20-03-2002 cited by;    Expanded version -- e-Print: hep-ph/0204326"   cited by (SPIRES)

  Friendship Hotel, Beijing     Computing in High Energy and Nuclear Physics:  
Some problems of statistical analysis in experiment proposals (ps-file)       05-09-2001

    IHEP     Preprint IHEP 2000-61, Protvino, 2000; 
      Confidence intervals for Poisson distribution parameter   e-Print:   hep-ex/0108020;   cited by   


     CERN, Geneva     Proceedings of Workshop on "Confidence Limits",
Yellow Report CERN 2000-005, 17-18 Jan. 2000, eds. F.James, L.Lyons, Y.Perrin.          
On Observability of Signal over Background(pdf-file)         

    IHEP    Preprint IHEP 81-45, Serpukhov, 1981 (in russian); 
    Evaluation of shower parameters by the moment method in hodoscope calorimeters.         cited by   

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    List of relevant conferences

    • 30th International Workshop on Bayesian Inference and Maximum Entropy Methods in Science and Engineering, Chamonix, France, July 4-9, 2010
    • XII International Workshop on Advanced Computing and Analysis Techniques in Physics Research, November 3-7, 2008, Erice, Sicily, Italy
    • 27th International Workshop on Bayesian Inference and Maximum Entropy Methods in Science and Engineering, Saratoga Springs, New York, USA, July 8-13, 2007
    • PHYSTAT-LHC Workshop on Statistical Issues for LHC Physics, CERN, Geneva, June 27-29, 2007
    • XI International Workshop on Advanced Computing and Analysis Techniques in Physics Research, April 23-27, 2007, NIKHEF, Amsterdam, Nederland
    • Twenty sixth International Workshop on Bayesian Inference and Maximum Entropy Methods in Science and Engineering, CNRS, Paris, France, July 8-13, 2006
    • International Conference 'Distributed Computing and Grid Technologies in Science and Education', 26 June - 30 June 2006, Dubna, Russia
    • Statistical problems in Particle Physics, Astrophysics and Cosmology, Oxford 12th - 15th September 2005
    • 25th International Workshop on Bayesian Inference and Maximum Entropy Methods in Science and Engineering, San Jose State University, San Jose CA USA, Aug 7-12, 2005
    • Computing in High Energy Physics (CHEP'04), Congress Centre, Interlaken, Switzerland, Monday 27th September 2004 to Friday 1st October 2004
    • International Conference 'Distributed Computing and Grid Technologies in Science and Education', 29 June - 2 July 2004, Dubna, Russia
    • IX International Workshop on Advanced Computing and Analysis Techniques in Physics Research, December 1-5, 2003, KEK, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
    • Statistical problems in Particle Physics, Astrophysics and Cosmology, SLAC, Stanford, September 2003
    • 23th International Workshop on Bayesian Inference and Maximum Entropy Methods in Science and Engineering, 3-8 August 2003, Jackson Hole, Wyoming, USA
    • VIII International Workshop on Advanced Computing and Analysis Techniques in Physics Research, Moscow, June 2002
    • Advanced Statistical Techniques in Particle Physics, Durham, March 2002
    • Computing in High Energy and Nuclear Physics, Beijing, September 2001
    • Workshop on confidence limits, CERN, Geneva, January 2000