Measurement Uncertainty

An entire course, as well as an excellent desk reference, this edition presents students and professionals in engineering and science with a comprehensive tutorial of measurement uncertainty methods in a logically categorized and easy to use format.What is new? More detailed examples of uncertainty computationDiscussion of new uncertainty technologies in U.S. and international standards, and their strengths and weaknessesA discussion of the rationale for the choice of the uncertainty model, ISO or ASMEAn abbreviated approach to uncertainty estimationAn improved accumulation of the important equations in uncertainty analysisThis edition also focuses on:Basics of the measurement uncertainty modelNonsymmetrical, systematic standard uncertaintiesRandom standard uncertainties; the use of correlationCurve-fitting problemsProbability plottingCombining results from different test methodsCalibration errorsUncertainty propagation for both independent and dependent error sourcesThe author draws on years of experience in the industry to direct special attention to the problem of developing confidence in uncertainty analysis results and using measurement uncertainty to select instrumentation systems.