UNCERTAINTY CONCEPTS FOR APPLICATION IN SYSTEMS ANALYSIS

Abstract

Uncertainty of measurements examined by Shannon's theorem and Jaynes' formalism leads to definition of imprecision as bounds enclosing the measured value. Width of bounds is related to sytem performance and possible malfunction.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1962
Accession Number
AD0284664

Entities

People

  • Sidney Lees

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Interdisciplinary Science
  • Malfunctions
  • Measurement
  • Systems Analysis
  • Uncertainty

Readers

  • Electromagnetic Wave Scattering and Antenna Radiation Engineering
  • Regression Analysis.
  • Statistical inference.