CITATION.cff

cff-version: 1.2.0
message: "If you use this software, please cite it, and also cite Yellin's method paper (see references)."
title: "optimum_interval: a Python implementation of Yellin's optimum-interval method"
abstract: >-
  Frequentist upper limits on a signal normalization in the presence of an
  unknown, non-subtractable background, using only the signal shape (Yellin's
  maximum-gap and optimum-interval methods).
type: software
authors:
  - family-names: Aalbers
    given-names: Jelle
  - family-names: Tunnell
    given-names: Christopher
version: 0.3.0
doi: 10.5281/zenodo.21114720
date-released: "2026-07-28"
license: BSD-3-Clause
repository-code: "https://github.com/tunnell/optimum_interval"
keywords:
  - dark matter
  - direct detection
  - upper limit
  - statistics
  - maximum gap
  - optimum interval
references:
  - type: article
    title: "Finding an Upper Limit in the Presence of Unknown Background"
    authors:
      - family-names: Yellin
        given-names: Steve
    journal: "Physical Review D"
    volume: 66
    issue: 3
    start: "032005"
    year: 2002
    doi: 10.1103/PhysRevD.66.032005
    url: "https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0203002"