Evaluating the Measurement Uncertainty

Fundamentals and Practical Guidance
1. Auflage 2002
ISBN: 978-0-7503-0840-3
Verlag: CRC Press

Buch, Englisch, 251 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 564 g

Reihe: Series in Measurement Science and Technology

It is now widely recognized that measurement data should be properly analyzed to include an assessment of their associated uncertainty. Since this parameter allows for a meaningful comparison of the measurement results and for an evaluation of their reliability, its expression is important not only in the specialized field of scientific metrology, but also in industry, trade, and commerce. General rules for evaluating and expressing the uncertainty are given in the internationally accepted ISO Guide to the Expression of Uncertainty in Measurement, generally known as the GUM.

Evaluating the Measurement Uncertainty details the theoretical framework on which the GUM is based and provides additional material on more advanced topics such as least-squares adjustment and Bayesian statistics. The book does not require previous knowledge other than elementary calculus and can be read as a complement to the GUM or as a stand-alone reference source. It stresses fundamental principles and illustrates their applications through numerous examples taken from many different fields of metrology. The book includes practical guidance as well as theoretical aspects, resulting in an invaluable resource for metrologists, engineers, physicists, and graduate students involved with measurements in academia and industry.

Zielgruppe

Professional

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lira, I.

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Physik Physik Allgemein Geschichte der Physik
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Physik Allgemein Experimentalphysik
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Physik Allgemein Theoretische Physik, Mathematische Physik, Computerphysik
• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Mess- und Automatisierungstechnik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Metrology, its role in today's world, Basic concepts and definitions, Evaluating the standard uncertainty, Evaluating the expanded uncertainty, The treatment of several measurands, Bayesian inference, Appendix: Probability tables, Glossary, References, Index

Über Autor(innen)

I Lira