A cautionary tale of decorrelating theory uncertainties

Abstract A variety of techniques have been proposed to train machine learning classifiers that are independent of a given feature. While this can be an essential technique for enabling background estimation, it may also be useful for reducing uncertainties. We carefully examine theory uncertainties,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Aishik Ghosh, Benjamin Nachman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2022-01-01
Series:European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-022-10012-w