Fast error estimates for indirect measurements: Applications to pavement engineering

DOI10.1007/BF02391696MaRDI QIDQ1921288zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Carlos Ferregut, Soheil Nazarian, Krishnamohan Vennalaganti, Ching-Chuan Chang, Vladik Kreinovich

Publication date 25 March 1997

Published in Reliable Computing (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02391696

zbMATH Keywords

error estimatesindirect measurementsinterval arithmeticsinterval estimatesleast squares methodparameter estimationpavement engineering

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Linear regression; mixed models (62J05) Probabilistic methods, stochastic differential equations (65C99) Interval and finite arithmetic (65G30)

Review text

Consider the following situation: The quantities \(y\) and \(x_1,\dots, x_n\) are functions of some unknown parameters of a physical model. The value of \(y\) which is not directly measurable must be determined from measurements of the \(x_i\). One can proceed in two steps: First the parameters are estimated from the measurements of the \(x_i\) by a least squares method. This can be very time consuming when the \(x_i\) depend in a highly nonlinear way on the parameters. Then \(y\) is calculated. Usual estimates for the error of \(y\) require that this procedure is repeated several times for different values of the \(x_i\). In this paper methods are proposed which calculate the error estimates from certain optimization problems. The estimate for \(y\) must be calculated only once. This gives a significant advantage whenever the parameter estimation needs much computer time. Interval estimates and estimates for random errors are considered. An application from pavement engineering is reported.

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