p0 : float (optional)
False alarm probability, used to compute the prior on
N_{\rm blocks} (see eq. 21 of Scargle 2012). For the Events
type data, p0 does not seem to be an accurate representation of the
actual false alarm probability. If you are using this fitness function
for a triggering type condition, it is recommended that you run
statistical trials on signal-free noise to determine an appropriate
value of gamma or ncp_prior to use for a desired false alarm
rate.
gamma : float (optional)
If specified, then use this gamma to compute the general prior form,
p \sim {\tt gamma}^{N_{\rm blocks}}. If gamma is specified, p0
is ignored.
ncp_prior : float (optional)
If specified, use the value of ncp_prior to compute the prior as
above, using the definition {\tt ncp\_prior} = -\ln({\tt
gamma}).
If ncp_prior is specified, gamma and p0 is ignored.
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