Discriminating signal from background using neural networks: Application to top-quark search at the Fermilab Tevatron.
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Ll. Ametller, Ll. Garrido, G. Stimpfl-Abele, P. Talavera, and P. Yepes Departament de Fı́sica i Enginyeria Nuclear, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, E-08034 Barcelona, Spain Departament Estructura i Constituents Matèria, Universitat de Barcelona, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain Institut de Fı́sica d’Altes Energies, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, E-08193 Bellaterra (Barcelona), Spain Rice University, Houston, Texas 77251-1892 ~Received 7 July 1995; revised manuscript received 17 January 1996!
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Physical review. D, Particles and fields
دوره 54 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1996