The probability distribution of a quantity with given mean and variance

Metrologia

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Lira, I ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BEST ESTIMATES; GAUSSIAN PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; GUIDE TO THE EXPRESSION OF UNCERTAINTY IN MEASUREMENTS; PRINCIPLE OF MAXIMUM ENTROPY; REAL LINE; STANDARD UNCERTAINTY;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

EID: 70449813296     PISSN: 00261394     EISSN: 16817575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0026-1394/46/6/L01     Document Type: Article

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