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How to revise the GUM?

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The announcement of a revision of the Guide to the expression of uncertainty in measurement has renewed the debate about the topic of measurement uncertainty. In this paper the author, chairman of Working Group 1 of the Joint Committee for Guides in Metrology, replies to the theses given in two recent papers by Semion Rabinovich. His opinions are personal, and are not necessarily shared by the JCGM/WG1. They are to be intended as a further contribution to the present discussion.

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Bich, W. How to revise the GUM?. Accred Qual Assur 13, 271–275 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00769-008-0357-y

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