Generalized lambda distribution for the expression of measurement uncertainty

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1281-1287

  Lampasi, Domenico Alessandro ^a   Di Nicola, Fabio ^a   Podesta, Luca ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Calibration; Digital signal processing; Measurement uncertainty; Monte Carlo method; Probability; Virtual instruments

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; ESTIMATION; MEASUREMENT THEORY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION;

LAMBDA DISTRIBUTION; MEASUREMENT UNCERTAINTY; VIRTUAL INSTRUMENTS;

PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

EID: 33746364180     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2006.876408     Document Type: Article

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