Bayesian approach to assessing uncertainty and calculating a reference value in key comparison experiments

Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology

Volumn 110, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 605-612

  Toman, Blaza ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b US ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian hierarchical models; Linear opinion pool; Markov Chain Monte Carlo methods; Synthesis of probability distributions

Indexed keywords

MARKOV PROCESSES; MEASUREMENTS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

BAYESIAN HIERARCHIAL MODELS; LINEAR OPINION POOL;

STATISTICAL METHODS;

EID: 32444447890     PISSN: 1044677X     EISSN: 1044677X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6028/jres.110.085     Document Type: Article

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