Statistical methods in surveying by trilateration

Computational Statistics and Data Analysis

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 209-227

  Navidi, William ^a   Murphy Jr , William S ^b   Hereman, Willy ^a  

^a Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

^b NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Computerized surveying; Global positioning system (GPS); Iteratively reweighted least squares; Monte Carlo simulation; Quasi likelihood; Trilateration

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; ERRORS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; POSITION MEASUREMENT;

COMPUTERIZED SURVEYING;

STATISTICAL METHODS;

OPEN PIT MINE; STATISTICS; SURVEYING; TRILATERATION;

EID: 0032478488     PISSN: 01679473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-9473(97)00053-4     Document Type: Article

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