On the reliability of the VCV Matrix: A case study based on GAMIT and Bernese GPS Software

GPS Solutions

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 193-199

  Kashani, Israel ^a,b   Wielgosz, Pawel ^a,c   Grejner Brzezinska, Dorota A ^a  

^a The Ohio State University   (United States)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARMIA AND MAZURY IN OLSZTYN   (Poland)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Bernese; GAMIT; VCV

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION PROGRAMS; COVARIANCE MATRIX; ERRORS; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SOFTWARE TESTING;

ACCURACY; BERNESE; BERNESE SOFTWARES; GAMIT; PROCESSING SOFTWARE; SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY; SESSION DURATIONS; VARIANCE-COVARIANCE;

SOFTWARE RELIABILITY;

EID: 54249166021     PISSN: 10805370     EISSN: 15211886     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10291-004-0103-9     Document Type: Article

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