Assessment of measurement uncertainty via observation equations

Metrologia

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 464-475

  Possolo, Antonio ^a   Toman, Blaza ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; BIOCHEMISTRY; CALIBRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BAYESIAN INFERENCE; INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR STANDARDIZATION (ISO);

MEASUREMENT THEORY;

EID: 36749010388     PISSN: 00261394     EISSN: 16817575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0026-1394/44/6/005     Document Type: Article

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