R Willink 2006 Metrologia 43 L39 doi:10.1088/0026-1394/43/6/N02
R Willink
Show affiliationsThis communication reviews one method of calculating uncertainty intervals by Monte Carlo simulation, suggests that this method produces intervals that are slightly wider than is necessary and shows that a simpler, more intuitive, method generates narrower intervals. The analysis raises questions about the concept of describing measurands by probability distributions.
Issue 6 (December 2006)
Received 5 July 2006
Published 20 October 2006
R Willink 2006 Metrologia 43 L39
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