Combined measurements are considered that incorporate the probability characteristics of the measured quantities. In that case, the error in the joint measurements is reduced, while the number of initial equations may be less than the number of unknown quantities.
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Translated from Izmeritel'naya Tekhnika, No. 11, pp. 7–8, November, 2008.
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Sobolev, V.I. Combined measurements with a priori information on the measured quantity distributions. Meas Tech 51, 1152–1154 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11018-009-9179-5
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