A Monte Carlo method for uncertainty evaluation implemented on a distributed computing system

Metrologia

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 319-326

  Esward, T J ^a   De Ginestous, A ^b   Harris, P M ^a   Hill, I D ^c   Salim, S G R ^a   Smith, I M ^a   Wichmann, B A ^a   Winkler, R ^a   Woolliams, E R ^a  

^a NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEASUREMENT THEORY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS; RANDOM NUMBER GENERATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

DATA PARALLEL APPLICATIONS; MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; SPECTRAL RADIANCES; UNCERTAINTY EVALUATION;

DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS;

EID: 38549136498     PISSN: 00261394     EISSN: 16817575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0026-1394/44/5/008     Document Type: Article

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