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Statistical Methods for Nuclear Materials Safeguards: An Overview |
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| Authors: | Aaron S. Goldman Richard R. Picard James P. Shipley |
| Affiliation: | 1. Safeguards Systems Group Los Alamos National Laboratory , Los Alamos , NM , 87545;2. Statistics Group Los Alamos National Laboratory , Los Alamos , NM , 87545 |
| Abstract: | The origins and development of safeguards work are briefly reviewed. A variety of problems commonly encountered and the role of statistics in addressing them are discussed. |
| Keywords: | Safeguards Nuclear materials management Materials accounting Limit of error Multiple hypothesis testing |