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False-Alarm Probabilities in Period Searches: Can Extreme-Value Distributions be of Use?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 April 2012

Jan Cuypers
Jan Cuypers*
Affiliation:
Royal Observatory of Belgium, Ringlaan 3, 1180 Brussels, Belgium email: jan.cuypers@oma.be
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Abstract

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Results of simulating false-alarm probabilities in irregularly sampled time series are presented. Relations to well-known expressions and earlier-used criteria are shown and tested for applicability. The use of an extreme-values distribution in this context is investigated.

Keywords

methods: statistical
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 7 , Symposium S285: New Horizons in Time-Domain Astronomy , September 2011 , pp. 299 - 300
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2012

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