Advanced Mathematical and Computational Tools in Metrology VII: 7

Contents......Page 8
Foreword......Page 6
Modeling Measurement Processes in Complex Systems with Partial Differential Equations: From Heat Conduction to the Heart......Page 14
Mereotopological Approach for Measurement Software......Page 26
Data Evaluation of Key Comparisons Involving Several Artefacts......Page 36
Box-Cox Transformations and Robust Control Charts in SPC......Page 48
Multisensor Data Fusion and Its Application to Decision Making......Page 60
Generic System Design for Measurement Databases - Applied to Calibrations in Vacuum Metrology Bio-Signals and a Template System......Page 73
Evaluation of Repeated Measurements from the Viewpoints of Conventional and Bayesian Statistics......Page 86
Detection of Outliers in Interlaboratory Testing......Page 98
On Appropriate Methods for the Validation of Metrological Software......Page 111
Data Analysis - A Dialogue with the Data......Page 121
A Virtual Instrument to Evaluate the Uncertainty of Measurement in the Calibration of Sound Calibrators......Page 132
Intercomparison Reference Functions and Data Correlation Structure......Page 143
Validation of Soft Sensors in Monitoring Ambient Parameters......Page 155
Evaluation of Standard Uncertainties in Nested Structures......Page 164
Measurement System Analysis and Statistical Process Control......Page 174
A Bayesian Analysis for the Uncertainty Evaluation of a Multivariate Non Linear Measurement Model......Page 184
Method Comparison Studies between Different Standardization Networks......Page 192
Convolution and Uncertainty Evaluation......Page 201
Dimensional Metrology of Flexible Parts: Identification of Geometrical Deviations from Optical Measurements......Page 209
Distance Splines Approach to Irregularly Distributed Physical Data from the Brazilian Northeastern Coast......Page 217
Decision-Making with Uncertainty in Attribute Sampling......Page 225
Combining Direct Calculation and the Monte Carlo Method for the Probabilistic Expression of Measurement Results......Page 234
IMet - A Secure and Flexible Approach to Internet-Enabled Calibration at Justervesenet......Page 242
Monte Carlo Study on Logical and Statistical Correlation......Page 250
The Middle Ground in Key Comparison Analysis: Revisiting the Median......Page 258
System of Databases for Supporting Co-Ordination of Processes under Responsibility of Metrology Institute of Republic of Slovenia......Page 266
Contribution to Surface Best Fit Enhancement by the Integration of the Real Point Distribution......Page 271
Computational Modeling of Seebeck Coefficients of Pt/Pd Thermocouple......Page 275
Data Evaluation and Uncertainty Analysis in an Interlaboratory Comparison of a Pycnometer Volume......Page 280
Propagation of Uncertainty in Discretely Sampled Surface Roughness Profiles......Page 284
Computer Time (CPU) Comparison of Several Input File Formats Considering Different Versions of MCNPX in Case of Personalised Voxel-Based Dosimetry......Page 289
A New Approach to Datums Association for the Verification of Geometrical Specifications......Page 293
Measurements of Catalyst Concentration in the Riser of a FCC Cold Model by Gamma Ray Transmission......Page 297
Software for Data Acquisition and Analysis in Angle Standards Calibration......Page 302
Calculation of Uncertainties in Analogue Digital Converters - A Case Study......Page 306
Asymptotic Least Squares and Student-T Sampling Distributions......Page 310
A Statistical Procedure to Quantify the Conformity of New Thermocouples with Respect to a Reference Function......Page 314
Non-Parametric Methods to Evaluate Derivative Uncertainty from Small Data Sets......Page 319
Algorithms for Scanning Probe Microscopy Data Analysis......Page 323
Error Correction of a Triangulation Vision Machine by Optimization......Page 329
Atomic Clock Prediction for the Generation of a Time Scale......Page 333
Some Problems Concerning the Estimate of the Degree of Equivalence in MRA Key Comparisons and of Its Uncertainty......Page 338
Validation of Web Application for Testing of Temperature Software......Page 343
Measurement Uncertainty Evaluation Using Monte Carlo Simulation: Applications with Logarithmic Functions......Page 348
Realisation of a Process of Real-Time Quality Control of Calibrations by Means of the Statistical Virtual Standard......Page 353
An Approach to Uncertainty Analysis Emphasizing a Natural Expectation of a Client......Page 357
Preparing for a European Research Area Network in Metrology: Where are We Now?......Page 363
Author Index and e-mail address......Page 374