Measurement Errors and Uncertainties Theory and Practice /

• Main Author: Rabinovich, Semyon G. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2005.
• Edition: Third Edition.
• Subjects: Physics.; Chemometrics.; Biomathematics.; Physical measurements.; Measurement.; Computational intelligence.; Control engineering.; Robotics.; Mechatronics.; Measurement Science and Instrumentation.; Control, Robotics, Mechatronics.; Computational Intelligence.; Math. Applications in Chemistry.; Mathematical and Computational Biology.

Measurement Errors and Uncertainties addresses the most important problems that physicists and engineers encounter when estimating errors and uncertainty. Building from the fundamentals of measurement theory, the author develops the theory of accuracy of measurements and offers a wealth of practical...

Table of Contents:

• General Information About Measurements
• Measuring Instruments and Their Properties
• Prerequisites for the Analysis of the Inaccuracy of Measurements and for Synthesis of Their Components
• Statistical Methods for Experimental Data Processing
• Direct Measurements
• Indirect Measurements
• Examples of Measurements and Measurement Data Processing
• Combined Measurements
• Combining the Results of Measurements
• Calculation of the Errors of Measuring Instruments
• Problems in the Theory of Calibration
• Conclusion.