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Estimation of Measurement UncertaintyDOI: 10.2478/v10041-008-0004-4 Keywords: measurement uncertainty, A-type uncertainty, B-type uncertainty, measuring error standard deviation, normal (Gaussian) distribution, rectangular distribution, uncertainty budget, effective number of degrees of freedom (ENDF) Abstract: The paper presents rules for evaluation of measurement uncertainty. It includes the list of definitions for basic terms that are associated with the issue and explains how to evaluate the measurement uncertainty for well-defined physical parameter that is considered as the measured. Next, the method for evaluation of measurement uncertainty is exhibited on the examples when measurement uncertainty is estimated for verification of a micrometer as well as evaluated for basic reliability parameters.
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