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On Systems of Standards*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

Heinrich Eichhorn*
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, University of Florida, Gainesville

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Rigorous formulations closely following current practice, are proposed for the absolute and the relative estimation of certain target quantities. A system of standards is defined as a set of estimates that has certain properties. This is followed by a discussion of the meaning of “reducing estimates to a specified system“ and certain procedures are suggested for making this process less ambiguous. It is finally shown that relative estimates can be employed for replacing a system which is based on absolute measurements alone by another, more accurate system.

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D. Recent Software Developments
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1982

Footnotes

*

Contributions of the Department of Astronomy of the University of Florida #38.

References

* Contributions of the Department of Astronomy of the University of Florida #38.