Kernel estimation in high-energy physics

DOI10.1016/S0010-4655(00)00243-5MaRDI QIDQ5938253zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Kyle Cranmer

Publication date 9 December 2001

Published in Computer Physics Communications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ex/0011057

zbMATH Keywords

probability density functionunbinned and non-parametric estimate

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Software, source code, etc. for problems pertaining to quantum theory (81-04) Strong interaction, including quantum chromodynamics (81V05)

Abstract: Kernel Estimation provides an unbinned and non-parametric estimate of the probability density function from which a set of data is drawn. In the first section, after a brief discussion on parametric and non-parametric methods, the theory of Kernel Estimation is developed for univariate and multivariate settings. The second section discusses some of the applications of Kernel Estimation to high-energy physics. The third section provides an overview of the available univariate and multivariate packages. This paper concludes with a discussion of the inherent advantages of kernel estimation techniques and systematic errors associated with the estimation of parent distributions.

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