Propagation of uncertainty in modular measurement systems

Proceedings of the 2005 IEEE International Workshop on Advanced Methods for Uncertainty Estimation in Measurement, AMUEM 2005

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 69-73

  Hall, Blair ^a  

^a CALLAGHAN INNOVATION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Measurement uncertainty; Modular instrumentation; Software

Indexed keywords

CODES (STANDARDS); COMPUTER SOFTWARE; MODULATION; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE; STANDARDIZATION; UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS;

MEASUREMENT UNCERTAINTY; MODULAR INSTRUMENTATION SYSTEMS; PLUG-AND-PLAY OPERATION; UNCERTAINTY EVALUATION;

MEASUREMENT THEORY;

EID: 33847195080     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/amuem.2005.1594608     Document Type: Conference Paper

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2. B. Anderson, Keynote Address, NCSL International Workshop and Symposium, Washington, DC, July, 2001, (http://metrologyforum.tm.agilent.com/ncsli2001. shtml).
3. B. D. Hall and R. Willink, 'Automatic uncertainty calculation for smart measurement systems', (Proc. SICON01, Chicago, Nov., 2001), pp 290-295.
4. B. D. Hall, 'A design pattern to encapsulate measurement uncertainty in reusable instrumentation modules', (Proc. AUTOTESTCON02, Huntsville Al., 2002) pp 678-686.
5. B. D. Hall, 'The GUM-Tree design pattern for uncertainty software', Advanced Mathematical and Computational Tools in Metrology VI (World Scientific, 2004) pp 199-208.
6. A web site (http://www.irl.cri.nz/msl/mst/) associated with this work gives access to various material, including software libraries.
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9. B. D. Hall, "On the propagation of uncertainty in complex-valued quantities" Metrologia, 41(3), (2004) pp 173-177.
10. B. D. Hall "Calibration uncertainty for a 3-sampler vector network analyser" Industrial Research Ltd., Report 1110, January 2004.
11. J. Fitzpatrick, "Error models for systems measurement", Microwave Journal, 5 (1978) pp 63-66.
12. B. D. Hall and M. Rodriguez, "The uncertainty of the 'Direct Method' of measuring the equivalent source mismatch of a power splitter", (Industrial Research Ltd., Report 1574, May 2004).
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14. B. D. Hall and R. Willink, 'Uncertainty Calculation System and Method', US Patent Appln. No. 10/479,676.