Limits of detection and decision. Part 1

Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 115-128

  Voigtman, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Bias; Detection limit; Limit of detection; Prediction interval

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; DATA STRUCTURES; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RANDOM VARIABLES;

CHEMICAL MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS; DETECTION LIMITS; GAUSSIAN MEASUREMENT; ORDINARY LEAST SQUARES (OLS); PREDICTION INTERVAL;

GAS DETECTORS;

EID: 44449179884     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sab.2007.11.015     Document Type: Article

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