The clock model and its relationship with the allan and related variances

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 289-295

  Zucca, Cristina ^a   Tavella, Patrizia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ELETTROTECNICO NAZIONALE GALILEO FERRARIS   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; KALMAN FILTERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

FREQUENCY DRIFT; RANDOM WALK; STOCHASTIC DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS (SDE); THREE-STATE CLOCK MODEL;

ERROR ANALYSIS;

EID: 15844431017     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2005.1406554     Document Type: Article

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