| uncertaintyBudget {uncertainty} | R Documentation |
Generic function for uncertainty budget object
Description
Generic function for creating an uncertainty budget object
Usage
uncertaintyBudget(x, ...)
Arguments
x |
a list with the vector entries name, label, mean, u(uncertainty), distribution and dof, one for each quantity. |
... |
additional parameters |
Details
uncertaintyBudget is a generic function (under S3 protocol) for searching the default method.
Value
An uncertainty budget object with attributes:
name the name of each input quantity
mean the mean value of each input quantity
u the uncertainty of each input quantity
dof the degrees of freedom of each input quantity
label the label of each input quantity
distribution the distribution of each input quantity, valid values are (normal, unif, t, chisq, f, triangle, binomial, bernoulli, beta, gamma)
cor the correlation matrix among the input quantities
Note
none
Author(s)
H. Gasca-Aragon
Maintainer: H. Gasca-Aragon <hugo_gasca_aragon@hotmail.com>
References
JCGM 100:2008. Guide to the expression of uncertainty of measurement
JCGM 100:2005. Supplement 1 Propagation of distributions usign a Monte Carlo method
EURACHEM/CITAC Guide CG 4. Quantifying Uncertainty in Analytical Measurement
Becker, R.A., Chambers, J.M. and Wilks, A.R. (1988) The New S Language. Wadsworth & Brooks/Cole.