Data Modeling for Metrology and Testing in Measurement Science

Preface

List of Contributors

An Introduction to Data Modelling Principles in Metrology and Testing / Franco Pavese

Probability in Metrology / Giovanni B. Rossi

Three Statistical Paradigms for the Assessment and Interpretation of Measurement Uncertainty / W. F. Guthrie, H.-k. Liu, A. L. Rukhin, B. Toman, J. C. M. Wang, and N.-f. Zhang

Interval Computations and Interval-Related Statistical Techniques: Tools for Estimating Uncertainty of the Results of Data Processing and Indirect Measurements / Vladik Kreinovich

Parameter Estimation Based on Least Squares Methods / Alistair B. Forbes

Frequency and Time–Frequency Domain Analysis Tools in Measurement / P. M. Ramos, R. C. Martins, S. Rapuano, and P. Daponte

Data Fusion, Decision-Making, and Risk Analysis: Mathematical Tools and Techniques / P. S. Girão, O. Postolache, and J. M. D. Pereira

Comparing Results of Chemical Measurements: Some Basic Questions From Practice / Paul De Bièvre

Modelling of Measurements, System Theory, and Uncertainty Evaluation / Klaus-D. Sommer

Approaches to Data Assessment and Uncertainty Estimation in Testing / Wolfram Bremser and Werner Hässelbarth

Monte Carlo Modelling of Randomness / Alan G. Steele and Robert J. Douglas

Software Validation and Preventive Software Quality Assurance for Metrology / Norbert Greif and Dieter Richter

Virtual Instrumentation / O. Postolache, P. S. Girão, and J. M. D. Pereira

Internet-Enabled Metrology / Tanasko Tasic

Appendix: DVD Content

Index