Total variance, an estimator of long-term frequency stability

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1183-1191

  Greenhall, Charles A ^a   Howe, Dave A ^a   Percival, Donald B ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); ERROR ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ALLAN VARIANCE METHOD; LONG-TERM FREQUENCY STABILITY;

FREQUENCY STABILITY;

EID: 0033276807     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/58.796124     Document Type: Article

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