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by Luca Lista
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2017
This concise set of course-based notes provides the reader with the main concepts and tools needed to perform statistical analyses of experimental data, in particular in the field of high-energy physics (HEP).
First, the book provides an introduction to probability theory and basic statistics,...
Inspection of Medical Devices
For Regulatory Purposes
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2017
This book offers all countries a guide to implementing verification systems for medical devices to ensure they satisfy their regulations. It describes the processes, procedures and need for integrating medical devices into the legal metrology framework, addresses their independent safety and performance...
by Igor I. Gorban
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2016
This monograph investigates violations of statistical stability of physical events, variables, and processes and develops a new physical-mathematical theory taking into consideration such violations – the theory of hyper-random phenomena. There are five parts. The first describes the phenomenon...
Doubt-Free Uncertainty In Measurement
An Introduction for Engineers and Students
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2014
This volume presents measurement uncertainty and uncertainty budgets in a form accessible to practicing engineers and engineering students from across a wide range of disciplines. The book gives a detailed explanation of the methods presented by NIST in the “GUM” – Guide to Uncertainty of Measurement....
Evaluating Measurement Accuracy
A Practical Approach
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2009
"Evaluating Measurement Accuracy" is intended for anyone who is concerned with measurements in any field of science or technology. It reflects the latest developments in metrology and offers new results, but is designed to be accessible to readers at different levels: meteorologists, engineers...
Advanced Techniques for Assessment Surface Topography
Development of a Basis for 3D Surface Texture Standards "Surfstand"
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2003
This publication deals with the latest developments in the field of 3D surface metrology and will become a seminal text in this important area.
It has been prepared with the support of the European Community’s Directorate General XII and represents the culmination of research conducted by...
NMR — From Spectra to Structures
An Experimental Approach
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2013
NMR spectroscopy is one of the most important analytical methods available today. This practice-oriented textbook shows how NMR spectra is used in the education of organic structures. The emphasis is on practical rather than on theoretical aspects, which are treated only briefly. NMR- From Spectra...
Wellness Protocol for Smart Homes
An Integrated Framework for Ambient Assisted Living
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2017
This book focuses on the development of wellness protocols for smart home monitoring, aiming to forecast the wellness of individuals living in ambient assisted living (AAL) environments. It describes in detail the design and implementation of heterogeneous wireless sensors and networks as applied...
by Nosherwan Shoaib
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2016
This book describes vector network analyzer measurements and uncertainty assessments, particularly in waveguide test-set environments, in order to establish their compatibility to the International System of Units (SI) for accurate and reliable characterization of communication networks. It proposes...
Nuclear Power Plants: Innovative Technologies for Instrumentation and Control Systems
The Second International Symposium on Software Reliability, Industrial Safety, Cyber Security and Physical Protection of Nuclear Power Plant
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2017
This book gathers selected papers from the Second International Symposium on Software Reliability, Industrial Safety, Cyber Security and Physical Protection of Nuclear Power Plant, held in Chengdu, China on August 23–25, 2017. The symposium provided a platform of technical exchange and experience...
Research Methodology
The Aims, Practices and Ethics of Science
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2016
This book is an in-depth guide to effective scientific research. Ranging from the philosophical to the practical, it explains at the outset what science can – and can’t – achieve, and discusses its relationship to mathematics and laws. The author then pays extensive attention to the scientific...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2017
This collection offers a new understanding of the epistemology of measurement. The interdisciplinary volume explores how measurements are produced, for example, in astronomy and seismology, in studies of human sexuality and ecology, in brain imaging and intelligence testing. It considers photography...
by Luca Lista
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2015
This concise set of course-based notes provides the reader with the main concepts and tools to perform statistical analysis of experimental data, in particular in the field of high-energy physics (HEP). First, an introduction to probability theory and basic statistics is given, mainly as reminder...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2014
This book presents the developments in accelerator physics and technology implemented at the Tevatron proton-antiproton collider, the world’s most powerful accelerator for almost twenty years prior to the completion of the Large Hadron Collider.
The book covers the history of collider operation...