Application of Gene Expression Programming in Improving the Event Selection of the Semi-leptonic Top Quark Pair Process

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author Potrebko, Andris
Poļaka, Inese
author_facet Potrebko, Andris
Poļaka, Inese
contents Searches for Beyond the Standard Model physics require probing the Standard Model with increased precision. One way this can be achieved is by improving the accuracy of the event selection classifiers. Recently, Gene Expression Programming (GEP) has been shown to provide complex yet easy to interpret classifiers in various fields. Previous attempts to apply GEP to high-energy physics (HEP), though limited by computational power available, achieved classifier accuracy of up to 95\%. In this paper, we demonstrate that a selection algorithm optimized by GEP and applied to the top-quark pair production process' semi-leptonic decay channel enables the increase of data purity for already highly pure data. Moreover, we explain how adding penalty cuts to the purity fitness function allows adjusting the optimized classifier to the needs of a specific measurement in terms of the size of the selected event sample and data purity.
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spellingShingle Application of Gene Expression Programming in Improving the Event Selection of the Semi-leptonic Top Quark Pair Process
Potrebko, Andris
Poļaka, Inese
High Energy Physics - Experiment
Searches for Beyond the Standard Model physics require probing the Standard Model with increased precision. One way this can be achieved is by improving the accuracy of the event selection classifiers. Recently, Gene Expression Programming (GEP) has been shown to provide complex yet easy to interpret classifiers in various fields. Previous attempts to apply GEP to high-energy physics (HEP), though limited by computational power available, achieved classifier accuracy of up to 95\%. In this paper, we demonstrate that a selection algorithm optimized by GEP and applied to the top-quark pair production process' semi-leptonic decay channel enables the increase of data purity for already highly pure data. Moreover, we explain how adding penalty cuts to the purity fitness function allows adjusting the optimized classifier to the needs of a specific measurement in terms of the size of the selected event sample and data purity.
title Application of Gene Expression Programming in Improving the Event Selection of the Semi-leptonic Top Quark Pair Process
topic High Energy Physics - Experiment
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.13360