Development and status of data quality assurance program at NASA langley research center-toward national standards

Advanced Measurement and Ground Testing Conference

Volumn , Issue , 1996, Pages

  Hemsch, Michael J ^a  

^a Lockheed Martin Engineering and Sciences Services   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NASA; QUALITY ASSURANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; TUNNELS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WIND TUNNELS;

CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENTS; LONG-TERM MEASUREMENTS; MEASUREMENT UNCERTAINTY; NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER; STATISTICAL CONTROL; TEST AND EVALUATION; TOTAL UNCERTAINTIES; WIND-TUNNEL TESTING;

SOFTWARE TESTING;

EID: 84983189893     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.1996-2214     Document Type: Conference Paper

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