Rectangular distribution whose end points are not exactly known: Curvilinear trapezoidal distribution

Metrologia

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 120-126

  Kacker, Raghu N ^a   Lawrence, James F ^a,b  

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

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC EXPRESSIONS; END POINTS; EXPECTED VALUES; GUIDE TO THE EXPRESSION OF UNCERTAINTY IN MEASUREMENTS; HALF-WIDTH; RANDOM NUMBERS; RECTANGULAR DISTRIBUTIONS; SPECIFIC INFORMATION; STATES OF KNOWLEDGE;

PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RANDOM NUMBER GENERATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

EID: 77952002220     PISSN: 00261394     EISSN: 16817575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0026-1394/47/3/002     Document Type: Article

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