Abstract:
:It is shown how the decision threshold, the detection limit and the limits of a coverage interval - summarily called the characteristic limits - and, in addition, the best estimate and the associated standard uncertainty of a non-negative radiation measurand are to be calculated by using the Monte Carlo (MC) method in ionising-radiation measurements. The limits are mathematically defined by means of quantiles of the Bayesian distributions of the possible measurand values. The MC-induced uncertainties of the limits and typical problems connected with MC application are also treated. The paper can serve as a bridge between the ISO Guide to the Expression of Uncertainty in Measurement (GUM), Supplement 1 applying the MC method and ISO/FDIS 11929 (at present in preparation) dealing with the characteristic limits. As an illustration, a net count rate measurand, being the difference of a gross and a background count rate, is treated theoretically and numerically. More complex examples deal with the wipe test for surface contamination and with a linear multi-channel spectrum unfolding.
journal_name
Radiat Prot Dosimetryjournal_title
Radiation protection dosimetryauthors
Weise K,Kanisch G,Michel R,Schläger M,Schrammel D,Täschner Mdoi
10.1093/rpd/ncp105subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2009-07-01 00:00:00pages
169-96issue
3eissn
0144-8420issn
1742-3406pii
ncp105journal_volume
135pub_type
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