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PUBLICATIONS

JCGM-WG1-SC1-N88 -- Comments

Author(s)

Antonio M. Possolo

Abstract

Comments on Clemens Elster's contribution to the Working Group 1 of the Joint Committee for Guides in Metrolgy, BIPM, entitled "Calculation of uncertainty in the presence of prior knowledge" (2007, Metrologia, Volume 44 (2007), Pages 111-116), showing how Markov Chain Monte Carlo can be used to implement a Bayesian procedure that is a streamlined alternative to what that contribution proposes.
Conference Title
PTB-BIPM Workshop
Pub Type
Conferences

Keywords

Bayesian inference, GUM, measurand, measurement error, Metrology, posterior distribution, prior distribution, probability, statistics, uncertainty

Citation

Possolo, A. (1970), JCGM-WG1-SC1-N88 -- Comments, PTB-BIPM Workshop (Accessed October 14, 2025)

Issues

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Created August 15, 2016, Updated January 27, 2020
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