edited by F Pavese (INRIM, Italy) , M Bär (Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Germany) , A B Forbes (National Physical Laboratory, UK) , J M Linares (Université de la Méditerranée, France) , C Perruchet (UTAC, France) , & N F Zhang (NIST, USA)

Table of Contents (217k)
Foreword (205k)
Chapter 1: Sensitivity Analysis in Metrology: Study and Comparison on Different Indices for Measurement Uncertainty (230k)

The main theme of the AMCTM 2008 conference, reinforced by the establishment of IMEKO TC21, was to provide a central opportunity for the metrology and testing community worldwide to engage with applied mathematicians, statisticians and software engineers working in the relevant fields.

This review volume consists of reviewed papers prepared on the basis of the oral and poster presentations of the Conference participants. It covers all the general matters of advanced statistical modeling (e.g. uncertainty evaluation, experimental design, optimization, data analysis and applications, multiple measurands, correlation, etc.), metrology software (e.g. engineering aspects, requirements or specification, risk assessment, software development, software examination, software tools for data analysis, visualization, experiment control, best practice, standards, etc.), numerical methods (e.g. numerical data analysis, numerical simulations, inverse problems, uncertainty evaluation of numerical algorithms, applications, etc.), and data fusion techniques and design and analysis of inter-laboratory comparisons.

• Methods for Aggregating Key Comparisons (R J Douglas & A G Steele)
• Analysis of Dynamic Measurements: Compensation of Dynamic Error and Evaluation of Uncertainty (C Elster & A Link)
• Nonlinear Least Squares and Bayesian Inference (A B Forbes)
• Considerations and Developments in Uncertainty Evaluations in Chemical Metrology (R Kaarls)
• Quality by Design Applications to Analytical Methods in the Pharmaceutical Industry (R S Kenett & D A Kenett)
• From GUM to Alternative Methods for Measurement Uncertainty Evaluation (M Priel)
• Measurement of Characteristics Related to Human Perception (G B Rossi)
• Declaration and Specification of a Geometrical Part in the Language of Geometric Algebra (P Serré et al.)
• Model Based Uncertainty Analysis in Inter-Laboratory Studies (B Toman & A Possolo)
• Allan Variance and the Uncertainty of Autocorrelated Measurements (N-F Zhang)
• and other papers