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Use of (D, MUF) and maximum-likelihood methods for detecting falsification and diversion in data-verification problems

Conference ·
OSTI ID:7035720

The investigation of data falsification and/or diversion is of major concern in nuclear materials accounting procedures used in international safeguards. In this paper, two procedures, denoted by (D,MUF) and LR (Likelihood Ratio), are discussed and compared when testing the hypothesis that neither diversion nor falsification has taken place versus the one-sided alternative that at least one of these parameters is positive. Critical regions and detection probabilities are given for both tests. It is shown that the LR method outperforms (D,MUF) when diversion and falsification take place.

Research Organization:
Los Alamos National Lab., NM (USA); Kernforschungszentrum Karlsruhe G.m.b.H. (Germany, F.R.)
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-36
OSTI ID:
7035720
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-82-2781; CONF-821119-7; ON: DE83000606
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English