Franco Pavese

This volume contains original, refereed worldwide contributions. They were prompted by presentations made at the ninth AMCTM Conference held in G teborg (Sweden) in June 2011 on the theme of advanced mathematical and computational tools in metrology and also, in the title of this book series, in testing. The themes in this volume reflect the importance of the mathematical, statistical and numerical tools and techniques in metrology and testing and, also in keeping the challenge promoted by the Metre Convention, to access a mutual recognition for the measurement standards.

Advanced Mathematical and Computational Tools in Metrology and Testing IX

Gianfranco Molinar Min Beciet

This 2nd edition volume of Modern Gas-Based Temperature and Pressure Measurements follows the first publication in 1992. It collects a much larger set of information, reference data, and bibliography in temperature and pressure metrology of gaseous substances, including the physical-chemical issues related to gaseous substances. The book provides solutions to practical applications where gases are used in different thermodynamic conditions. Modern Gas-Based Temperature and Pressure Measurements, 2nd edition is the only comprehensive survey of methods for pressure measurement in gaseous media used in the medium-to-low pressure range closely connected with thermometry. It assembles current information on thermometry and manometry that involve the use of gaseous substances which are likely to be valid methods for the future. As such, it is an important resource for the researcher. This edition is updated through the very latest scientific and technical developments of gas-based temperature and pressure measurements using thermometry and manometry, and brings all of the techniques together under one cover. This book fills the gap in international literature, as no other recently published book provides a comprehensive survey for gaseous media closely connected with thermometry. Updates in this new edition include revised appendices and new chapters on Mutual Recognition Agreement of the Comité International des Poids et Mesures and its main applications, and developments in the European Metrology Society.

Modern Gas-Based Temperature and Pressure Measurements

Alistair B Forbes

Wolfram Bremser

Anna Chunovkina

Nicolas Fischer

This volume contains original and refereed contributions from the tenth AMCTM Conference (http://www.nviim.ru/AMCTM2014) held in St. Petersburg (Russia) in September 2014 on the theme of advanced mathematical and computational tools in metrology and testing. The themes in this volume reflect the importance of the mathematical, statistical and numerical tools and techniques in metrology and testing and, also keeping the challenge promoted by the Metre Convention, to access a mutual recognition for the measurement standards. Contents:Fostering Diversity of Thought in Measurement Science (F Pavese and P De Bièvre)Polynomial Calibration Functions Revisited: Numerical and Statistical Issues (M G Cox and P Harris)Empirical Functions with Pre-Assigned Correlation Behaviour (A B Forbes)Models and Methods of Dynamic Measurements: Results Presented by St. Petersburg Metrologists (V A Granovskii)Interval Computations and Interval-Related Statistical Techniques: Estimating Uncertainty of the Results of Data Processing and Indirect Measurements (V Ya Kreinovich)Classification, Modeling and Quantification of Human Errors in Chemical Analysis (I Kuselman)Application of Nonparametric Goodness-of-Fit Tests: Problems and Solution (B Yu Lemeshko)Dynamic Measurements Based on Automatic Control Theory Approach (A L Shestakov)Models for the Treatment of Apparently Inconsistent Data (R Willink)Model for Emotion Measurements in Acoustic Signals and Its Analysis (Y Baksheeva, K Sapozhnikova and R Taymanov)Uncertainty Calculation in Gravimetric Microflow Measurements (E Batista, N Almeida, I Godinho and E Filipe)Uncertainties Propagation from Published Experimental Data to Uncertainties of Model Parameters Adjusted by the Least Squares (V I Belousov, V V Ezhela, Y V Kuyanov, S B Lugovsky, K S Lugovsky and N P Tkachenko)A New Approach for the Mathematical Alignment Machine Tool-Paths on a Five-Axis Machine and Its Effect on Surface Roughness (S Boukebbab, J Chaves-Jacob, J-M Linares and N Azzam)Goodness-of-Fit Tests for One-Shot Device Testing Data (E V Chimitova and N Balakrishan)Calculation of Coverage Intervals: Some Study Cases (A Stepanov, A Chunovkina and N Burmistrova)Application of Numerical Methods in Metrology of Electromagnetic Quantities (M Cundeva-Blajer)Calibration Method of Measuring Instruments in Operating Conditions (A A Danilov, Yu V Kucherenko, M V Berzhinskaya, N P Ordinartseva)Statistical Methods for Conformity Assessment When Dealing with Computationally Expensive Systems: Application to a Fire Engineering Case Study (S Demeyer, N Fischer, F Didieux and M Binacchi)Overview of EMRP Joint Reserch Project NEW06 "Traceability for Computationally-Intensive Metrology" (A B Forbes, I M Smith, F Härtig and K Wendt)Stable Units of Account for Economic Value Correct Measuring (N Hovanov)A Novel Approach for Uncertainty Evaluation Using Characteristic Function Theory (A B Ionov, N S Chernysheva and B P Ionov)Estimation of Test Uncertainty for TraCIM Reference Pairs (F Keller, K Wendt and F Härtig)Approaches for Assigning Numerical Uncertainty to Reference Data Pairs for Software Validation (G J P Kok and I M Smith)Uncertainty Evaluation for a Computationally Expensive Model of a Sonic Nozzle (G J P Kok and N Pelevic)EllipseFit4HC: A MATLAB Algorithm for Demodulation and Uncertainty Evaluation of the Quadrature Interferometer Signals (R Köning, G Wimmer and V Witkovský)Considerations on the Influence of Test Equipment Instability and Calibration Methods on Measurement Uncertainty of the Test Laboratory (A S Krivov, S V Marinko and I G Boyko)A Cartesian Method to Improve the Results and Save Computation Time in Bayesian Signal Analysis (G A Kyriazis)The Definition of the Reliability of Identification of Complex Organic Compounds Using HPLC and Base Chromatographic and Spectral Data (E V Kulyabina and Yu A Kudeyarov)Uncertainty Evaluation of Fluid Dynamic Simulation with One-Dimensional Riser Model by Means of Stochastic Differential Equations (E A O Lima, S B Melo, C C Dantas, F A S Teles and S Soares Bandiera)Simulation Method to Estimate the Uncertainties of ISO Specifications (J-M Linares and J M Sprauel)Adding a Virtual Layer in a Sensor Network to Improve Measurement Reliability (U Maniscalco and R Rizzo)Calibration Analysis of a Computational Optical System Applied in the Dimensional Monitoring of a Suspension Bridge (L L Martins, J M Rebordão and A S Ribeiro)Determination of Numerical Uncertainty Associated with Numerical Artefacts for Validating Coordinate Metrology Software (H D Minh, I M Smith and A B Forbes)Least-Squares Method and Type B Evaluation of Standard Uncertainty (R Palenčár, S Ďuriš, P Pavlásek, M Dovica, S Slosarčík and G Wimmer)Optimising Measurement Processes Using Automated Planning (S Parkinson, A Crampton and A P Longstaff)Software Tool for Conversion of Historical Temperature Scales (P Pavlásek, S Ďuriš, R Palenčár and A Merlone)Few Measurements, Non-Normality: A Statement on the Expanded Uncertainty (J Petry, B De Boeck, M Dobre and A Peruzzi)Quantifying Uncertainty in Accelerometer Sensitivity Studies (A L Rukhin and D J Evans)Metrological Aspects of Stopping Iterative Procedures in Inverse Problems for Static-Mode Measurements (K K Semenov)Inverse Problems in Theory and Practice of Measurements and Metrology (K K Semenov, G N Solopchenko and V Ya Kreinovich)Fuzzy Intervals as Foundation of Metrological Support for Computations with Inaccurate Data (K K Semenov, G N Solopchenko and V Ya Kreinovich)Testing Statistical Hypotheses for Generalized Semiparametric Proportional Hazards Models with Cross-Effect of Survival Functions (M A Semenova and E V Chimitova)Novel Reference Value and DOE Determination by Model Selection and Posterior Predictive Checking (K Shirono, H Tanaka, M Shiro and K Ehara)Certification of Algorithms for Constructing Calibration Curves of Measuring Instruments (T Siraya)Discrete and Fuzzy Encoding of the ECG-Signal for Multidisease Diagnostic System (V Uspenskiy, K Vorontsov, V Tselykh and V Bunakov)Application of Two Robust Methods in Inter-Laboratory Comparisons with Small Samples (E T Volodarsky and Z L Warsza)Validation of CMM Evaluation Software Using TraCIM (K Wendt, M Franke and F Härtig)Semi-Parametric Polynomial Method for Retrospective Estimation of the Change-Point of Parameters of Non-Gaussian Sequences (S V Zabolotnii and Z L Warsza)Use of a Bayesian Approach to Improve Uncertainty of Model-Based Measurements by Hybrid Multi-Tool Metrology (N-F Zhang, B M Barnes, R M Silver and H Zhou)Application of Effective Number of Observations and Effective Degrees of Freedom for Analysis of Autocorrelated Observations (A Zieba) Readership: Researchers, graduate students, academics and professionals in metrology. Key Features:Unique consolidated series of books (started in 1993) in mathematics, statistics and software specifically for metrology and testingAuthors are among the most prominent in the metrology and testing fieldsNo competing books in the same comprehensive fieldKeywords:Mathematics;Statistics;Modeling;Uncertainty;Metrology;Testing;Computational Tools;Measurement Science

Advanced Mathematical and Computational Tools in Metrology and Testing X

Markus Bär

Jean-Rémy Filtz

Leslie Pendrill

Katsuhiro Shirono

This volume contains original, refereed worldwide contributions. They were prompted by presentations made at the ninth AMCTM Conference held in Göteborg (Sweden) in June 2011 on the theme of advanced mathematical and computational tools in metrology and also, in the title of this book series, in testing. The themes in this volume reflect the importance of the mathematical, statistical and numerical tools and techniques in metrology and testing and, also in keeping the challenge promoted by the Metre Convention, to access a mutual recognition for the measurement standards. Contents:Recommended Tools for Sensitivity Analysis Associated to the Evaluation of Measurement Uncertainty (A Allard and N Fischer)Case Study of Likelihood and Bayes Approaches for Measurement Based on Nonlinear Regression (A Bariska and R Bürgin)Uncertainty Modeling in 3D SEM Stereophotogrammetry (L Carli, M Galetto and G Genta)Software to Support the Use of GUM Supplement 2 — Extension to Any Number of Output Quantities (M G Cox, P M Harris and I M Smith)Probabilistic Characterization of Face Measurement (F Crenna, G B Rossi and L Bovio)Modeling Expert Knowledge to Assign Consensus Values in Proficiency Tests (S Demeyer and N Fischer)A Two-Stage MCM/MCMC Algorithm for Uncertainty Evaluation (A B Forbes)Data Fusion Techniques for Cylindrical Surface Measurements (M Galovska, R Tutsch and O Jusko)Stochastic Modeling Aspects for an Improved Solution of the Inverse Problem in Scatterometry (H Gross, M-A Henn, A Rathsfeld and M Bär)On the Difference of Meanings of “Zero Correction”: Zero Value Versus No Correction, and of the Associated Uncertainties (F Pavese)Uncertainty & Risks in Decision-Making in Qualitative Measurement: An Information-Theoretical Approach (L R Pendrill)Theory of AND Computation Program for Determination of the Reference Value in Key Comparisons Based on Bayesian Statistics (K Shirono, H Tanaka and K Ehara)and other papers Readership: Researchers, graduate students, academics and professionals in metrology. Keywords:Mathematics;Statistics;Modeling;Uncertainty;Metrology;Testing;Computational Tools;Measurement ScienceKey Features:Unique consolidated series of books (started in 1993) in mathematics, statistics and software specifically for metrology and testingAuthors are among the most prominent in the metrology and testing fieldsNo competing books in the same comprehensive set of fields

Ian Mills

E Richard Cohen

Tom Cvitas

Jeremy G Frey

Bertil Holström

Kozo Kuchitsu

Roberto Marquardt

Martin Quack

Jüergen Stohner

Herbert L Strauss

Michio Takami

Anders J Thor

The first IUPAC Manual of Symbols and Terminology for Physicochemical Quantities and Units (the Green Book) of which this is the direct successor, was published in 1969, with the object of 'securing clarity and precision, and wider agreement in the use of symbols, by chemists in different countries, among physicists, chemists and engineers, and by editors of scientific journals'. Subsequent revisions have taken account of many developments in the field, culminating in the major extension and revision represented by the 1988 edition under the simplified title Quantities, Units and Symbols in Physical Chemistry. This 2007, Third Edition, is a further revision of the material which reflects the experience of the contributors with the previous editions. The book has been systematically brought up to date and new sections have been added. It strives to improve the exchange of scientific information among the readers in different disciplines and across different nations. In a rapidly expanding volume of scientific literature where each discipline has a tendency to retreat into its own jargon this book attempts to provide a readable compilation of widely used terms and symbols from many sources together with brief understandable definitions. This is the definitive guide for scientists and organizations working across a multitude of disciplines requiring internationally approved nomenclature.

Quantities, Units and Symbols in Physical Chemistry

Franco Pavese

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