A probabilistic approach to the analysis of measurement processes

Metrologia

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 493-502

  Cox, Maurice G ^a   Rossi, Giovanni B ^b   Harris, Peter M ^a   Forbes, Alistair ^a  

^a NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA PROCESSING; PROBABILITY; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RISK ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CONFORMANCE TESTING; MEASURAND; MEASUREMENT PROCESSES; PROBABILISTIC APPROACHES; PROBABILISTIC MODELS; PROBABILISTIC REPRESENTATIONS; SYSTEMATIC EFFECTS; UNCERTAINTY EVALUATIONS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 58149337417     PISSN: 00261394     EISSN: 16817575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0026-1394/45/5/001     Document Type: Article

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