| Title | Object-oriented software for evaluating measurement uncertainty |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2013 |
| Authors | Hall, B.D. |
| Journal | Measurement Science and Technology |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Date Published | 2013 |
| ISSN | 09570233 (ISSN) |
| Keywords | Algorithms, Data processing, Data processing algorithms, Measurement procedures, Measurement uncertainty, Object oriented software, Python programming language, Systematic errors, uncertain number, Uncertainty analysis, Uncertainty calculations, Uncertainty propagation |
| Abstract | An earlier publication (Hall 2006 Metrologia 43 L56-61) introduced the notion of an uncertain number that can be used in data processing to represent quantity estimates with associated uncertainty. The approach can be automated, allowing data processing algorithms to be decomposed into convenient steps, so that complicated measurement procedures can be handled. This paper illustrates the uncertain-number approach using several simple measurement scenarios and two different software tools. One is an extension library for Microsoft Excel®. The other is a special-purpose calculator using the Python programming language. © 2013 IOP Publishing Ltd. |
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| DOI | 10.1088/0957-0233/24/5/055004 |
