Essays about: "penalized spline"

Found 1 essay containing the words penalized spline.

  1. 1. Development, Testing and Future Outlook of a Penalized Spline as a Representation of the Standard Model Background in Dijet Searches

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Partikel- och kärnfysik; Lunds universitet/Fysiska institutionen

    Author : Alexander Ekman; [2017]
    Keywords : spline; p-spline; SPLINTER; b-spline; penalized spline; standard model; standard model background; SM; SMB; dijet; ATLAS; dark matter; MadGraph; python; Physics and Astronomy;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to develop, test and evaluate a penalized basis spline as a method for representing the Standard Model background in dijet searches from proton-proton collisions at the Large Hadron Collider. Current representations of the Standard Model background are complex and dependent on current assumptions of the Standard Model. READ MORE