Title :
Toward an Interdisciplinary Probabilistic Theory of Measurement
Author :
Rossi, Giovanni Battista
Author_Institution :
Univ. degli Studi di Genova, Genova, Italy
Abstract :
Measurement plays a key role in science and technology in which it is a privileged way of gathering information from the real world and of validating scientific models. Is it possible to achieve a unified measurement theory for the different disciplines, ranging from physics to psychology, in which it is involved? A basic kernel for such a theory is surveyed and discussed. A probabilistic approach is followed in order to consider uncertainty as an inherent feature.
Keywords :
measurement theory; measurement uncertainty; probability; interdisciplinary probabilistic theory; kernel; measurement theory; measurement uncertainty; scientific model; Atmospheric measurements; Communities; Instruments; Particle measurements; Physics; Probabilistic logic; Uncertainty; Measurement; modeling; probability; psychology; uncertainty;
Journal_Title :
Instrumentation and Measurement, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TIM.2012.2197071