Truth and traceability in physics and metrology /

Metrological data is known to be blurred by the imperfections of the measuring process. In retrospect, for about two centuries regular or constant errors were no focal point of experimental activities, only irregular or random error were. Today's notation of unknown systematic errors is in line...

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Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
Grabe, Michael
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
San Rafael [California] (40 Oak Drive, San Rafael, CA, 94903, USA) : Morgan & Claypool Publishers, [2018]
Zusammenfassung:
Metrological data is known to be blurred by the imperfections of the measuring process. In retrospect, for about two centuries regular or constant errors were no focal point of experimental activities, only irregular or random error were. Today's notation of unknown systematic errors is in line with this. Confusingly enough, the worldwide practised approach to belatedly admit those unknown systematic errors amount to considering them as being random, too. This book discusses a new error concept dispensing with the common practice to randomize unknown systematic errors. Instead, unknown systematic errors will be treated as what they physically are--namely as constants being unknown with respect to magnitude and sign. The ideas considered in this book issue a proceeding steadily localizing the true values of the measurands and consequently traceability.
Umfang:
1 online resource (various pagings) : illustrations (chiefly color).
Also available in print.
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"A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.
"Version: 20181001"--Title page verso.
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.
System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader, EPUB reader, or Kindle reader.
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9781643270975
1643270974
9781643270968
1643270966
ISSN:
2053-2571
Schlagworte:
Measurement.
Physics.
Metrology.
Uncertainty.
Mensuration & systems of measurement.
SCIENCE / Weights & Measures.
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