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Arguments are presented that show that it is ineffective to replace distribution propagation by uncertainty propagation in estimating the uncertainty of measurements, which has a bearing on the accuracy and difficulty of estimating indirect-measurement uncertainties with nonlinear transformations from input data.
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Translated from Izmeritel’naya Tekhnika, No. 2, pp. 15–18, February, 2008.
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Golubev, É.A. Distribution propagation in estimating measurement uncertainty. Meas Tech 51, 130–135 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11018-008-9014-4
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