Error Handling and Reliability Theory

Author: Li Deren, Yuan Xiuxiao
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Publish Date: 2002-07-01
Features: This book systematically presents the error theory, hypothesis testing, and reliability theory of measurement adjustment systems based on mathematical statistics. It introduces the latest achievements and major trends in contemporary photogrammetric adjustment in terms of theory and technology development, such as GPS-assisted aerotriangulation, robust computer vision, and heuristic search for gross errors using artificial intelligence methods. The book focuses on discussing the reduction of random errors, compensation for systematic errors, detection of gross errors, and differentiation of various types of errors, offering both comprehensive theoretical elaborations and specific practical examples. To facilitate further study, major references are listed at the end of each chapter. For better understanding of the book, necessary knowledge of matrix algebra and mathematical statistics is supplemented in the appendix. This book serves as a teaching material for postgraduate students in surveying and mapping disciplines in higher education institutions, and is also available for scientists and engineers in photogrammetry, geodesy, and engineering surveying, as well as for students and teachers in relevant fields.