Data integration method for multipath ultrasonic flowmeter

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2866-2874

  Peng, Lihui ^a   Zhang, Bowen ^a   Zhao, Huichao ^a   Stephane, Sonh Aubin ^b   Ishikawa, Hiroaki ^b   Shimizu, Kazuyoshi ^b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Shiba Toho Bldg   (Japan)

Author keywords

Data fusion; minimum mean square error; multipath ultrasonic flowmeter; ultrasonic flowmeter

Indexed keywords

DATA INTEGRATION; FLUID VELOCITIES; GEOMETRICAL POSITIONS; INTEGRATION METHOD; MEAN FLOW VELOCITIES; MINIMUM MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; ROBUST ESTIMATE; WEIGHTED AVERAGES;

DATA FUSION; FLOW VELOCITY; VELOCITY;

ULTRASONIC FLOWMETERS;

EID: 84864657568     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2012.2204738     Document Type: Article

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