Expression of measurement uncertainty in a very limited knowledge context: A possibility theory-based approach

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 731-735

  Mauris, Gilles ^a  

^a Université de Savoie   (France)

Author keywords

Confidence intervals; Measurement uncertainty; Possibility theory; Very limited knowledge

Indexed keywords

ENCODING (SYMBOLS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEASUREMENTS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; MEASUREMENT UNCERTAINTY; POSSIBILITY THEORY;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 34249077550     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2007.894918     Document Type: Article

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