The evaluation of the uncertainty in knowing a directly measured quantity

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1167-1173

  Lira, Ignacio H ^a   Wöger, Wolfgang ^b  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calibration certificates; Measurement uncertainty; Measuring instruments

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; ERROR CORRECTION; INSTRUMENT ERRORS; STANDARDS;

CALIBRATION CERTIFICATES; MEASUREMENT UNCERTAINTY;

MEASUREMENT ERRORS;

EID: 0032140809     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/9/8/005     Document Type: Article

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