The gnss ambiguity ratio-test revisited: A better way of using it

Survey Review

Volumn 41, Issue 312, 2009, Pages 138-151

  Teunissen, P J G ^a   Verhagen, S ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fixed failure rate; GNSS; Integer ambiguity resolution; Integer aperture estimation; Ratio test

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; GNSS; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 70149102999     PISSN: 00396265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/003962609X390058     Document Type: Article

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