K-Nearest Neighbors regression for the discrimination of gamma rays and neutrons in organic scintillators

Matthew Durbin, Marc A. Wonders, Marek Flaska, Azaree T. Lintereur

2020Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment40 citationsDOI

Topics & Concepts

ScintillatorSilicon photomultiplierNeutronDetectorFocus (optics)PhysicsFigure of meritk-nearest neighbors algorithmRegressionNeutron detectionArtificial intelligenceComputer sciencePattern recognition (psychology)OpticsMathematicsStatisticsNuclear physicsRadiation Detection and Scintillator TechnologiesNuclear Physics and ApplicationsRemote-Sensing Image Classification