Wiley Measurement Uncertainty: Methods and Applications (International Society of Automation)

Product Description An entire course, as well as an excellent desk reference, this edition presents students and professionals in engineering and science with a comprehensive tutorial of measurement uncertainty methods in a logically categorized and easy to use format.What is new? More detailed examples of uncertainty computationDiscussion of new uncertainty technologies in U.S. and international standards, and their strengths and weaknessesA discussion of the rationale for the choice of the uncertainty model, ISO or ASMEAn abbreviated approach to uncertainty estimationAn improved accumulation of the important equations in uncertainty analysisThis edition also focuses on:Basics of the measurement uncertainty modelNonsymmetrical, systematic standard uncertaintiesRandom standard uncertainties; the use of correlationCurve-fitting problemsProbability plottingCombining results from different test methodsCalibration errorsUncertainty propagation for both independent and dependent error sourcesThe author draws on years of experience in the industry to direct special attention to the problem of developing confidence in uncertainty analysis results and using measurement uncertainty to select instrumentation systems. About the Author Ronald H. Dieck is an ISA Fellow and President of Ron Dieck Associates, Inc., an engineering consulting firm in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. He possesses more than 35 years of experience in measurement uncertainty methods and applications for flow, temperature, pressure, gas analysis, and metrology, and the testing of instrumentation, temperature, thermocouples, air pollution, and gas analysis.