Statistical analysis of a round-robin measurement survey of two candidate materials for a seebeck coefficient standard reference material

Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 37-55

  Lu, Z Q J ^a   Lowhorn, N D ^a   Wong Ng, W ^a   Zhang, W ^a   Thomas, E L ^a   Otani, M ^a   Green, M L ^a   Tran, T N ^b   Caylor, C ^c   Dilley, N R ^d   Downey, A ^e,f   Edwards, B ^g   Elsner, N ^h   Ghamaty, S ^h   Hogan, T ^e   Jie, Q ⁱ   Li, Q ⁱ   Martin, J ^j   Nolas, G ^j   Obara, H ^k   Sharp, J ^l   Yenkatasubramanian, R ^c   Willigan, R ^m   Yang, J ⁿ   Tritt, T ^g   more..

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

^b NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTER   (United States)

^c RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^d Quantum Design   (United States)

^e BAE SYSTEMS   (United States)

^f MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h Hi Z Technology Inc   (United States)

ⁱ BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^k NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^l Marlow Industries Inc   (United States)

^m UNITED TECHNOLOGIES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

ⁿ GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

Bismuth telluride; Consensus mean curve; Constantan; Functional data analysis; Ridge regression modeling; Round robin; Seebeck coefficient; Standard reference material; Thermoelectric

Indexed keywords

REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROUTERS; SEEBECK COEFFICIENT; SURVEYS;

BISMUTH TELLURIDE; CONSTANTAN; FUNCTIONAL DATA ANALYSIS; MEAN CURVES; RIDGE REGRESSION; ROUND ROBIN; STANDARD REFERENCE MATERIAL; THERMOELECTRIC;

STATISTICAL METHODS;

EID: 63149104109     PISSN: 1044677X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6028/jres.114.004     Document Type: Article

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