Problems of widely-defined measurement

Proceedings of the 12th IMEKO TC1 Education and Training in Measurement and Instrumentation and TC7 Measurement Science Joint Symposium on "Man, Science and Measurement" 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 23-29

  Finkelstein, Ludwik ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Measurement theory; Widely defined measurement

Indexed keywords

CONCEPT FORMATION; DIVERSE DOMAINS; MEASURAND; RESEARCH AGENDA;

PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS;

MEASUREMENT THEORY;

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