A two-stage Monte Carlo approach to the expression of uncertainty with non-linear measurement equation and small sample size

Metrologia

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 34-41

  Crowder, Stephen V ^a   Moyer, Robert D ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEASUREMENT THEORY; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SENSORS; THERMISTORS; UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS;

FINITE SAMPLES; MEASUREMENT EQUATIONS; NON-LINEAR FUNCTIONS; UNCERTAINTY;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

EID: 31544459552     PISSN: 00261394     EISSN: 16817575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0026-1394/43/1/005     Document Type: Article

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