Bayesian assessment of uncertainty in metrology: A tutorial

Metrologia

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Lira, I ^a   Grientschnig, D ^b  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b Chemical Laboratories   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL EXPRESSIONS; BAYES' THEOREM; BAYESIAN; GUIDE TO THE EXPRESSION OF UNCERTAINTY IN MEASUREMENTS; JOINT PROBABILITY; LINEARIZED MODELS; MEASURAND; MEASUREMENT DATA; MEASUREMENT MODEL; PRIOR PROBABILITY; STATES OF KNOWLEDGE;

MEASUREMENT THEORY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

EID: 77951979448     PISSN: 00261394     EISSN: 16817575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0026-1394/47/3/R01     Document Type: Review

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