A case study on testing CMM uncertainty simulation software (VCMM)

Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 8-14

  Abackerli, Alvaro José ^a   Pereira, Paulo Henrique ^b   Calônego Jr , Nivaldi ^c  

^a Instituto de Pesquisas Tecnologicas   (Brazil)

^b CATERPILLAR INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDADE DO ESTADO DE MATO GROSSO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Coordinate measuring machine; Software testing; Uncertainty; VCMM

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION PROGRAMS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COORDINATE MEASURING MACHINES; QUALITY CONTROL; REACTOR CORES; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; STANDARDS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; UNITS OF MEASUREMENT;

INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS; PERFORMANCE CRITERION; TESTING STRATEGIES; UNCERTAINTY; UNCERTAINTY ESTIMATES; UNCERTAINTY SIMULATIONS; VCMM; VIRTUAL COORDINATES;

SOFTWARE TESTING;

EID: 77955534465     PISSN: 16785878     EISSN: 18063691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1678-58782010000100002     Document Type: Article

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