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... We demonstrate through numerical simulations that model parameters estimated with our technique are essentially bias-free, even when the average number of counts per bin is 1. ... The IW technique avoids such biases by estimating through successive iterations, where for each iteration, j, , and the best-fit parameters are determined by minimization of . ... In our sample, we find that the minimum values and best-fit parameters converge after about 6 iterations. ...

... Tools . ... In order to generate random numbers that follow a normal distribution, one first needs to create two uniform random numbers $u_{1}$ and $u_{2}$, in the range of 0 to 1. ... begin{equation*} g_{1} = \sqrt{-2 \ln(u_{1})} \cos(2 \pi u_{2}) \end{equation*} . ... Random numbers following a power law, $P(x) \propto x^{n}$, can be generated from a single uniform random number, $u$, in the range of 0 to 1 through the following transform : . ...

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