I previously talked about measurements (some) when I looked at the uncertainty in the distance to the Sun. One of the simple ways of determining the uncertainty of a calculated quantity is to use the ...

The technique which is recommended by the regulatory bodies ISO (International Organisation for Standardisation) and BIPM (Bureau International des Poids et Mesures) is one of the most comprehensive ...

The IFRS Foundation has published a set of near-final examples to help companies accurately report financial uncertainties, using climate-related situations for practical reference. These examples are ...

Economists sometimes belabor and measure what the rest of us find obvious. Take this assertion: When it's unusually hard to tell where the economy and government policy are going, businesses will be ...

A method is suggested for modeling uncertainty when there is a lack of information concerning the effect of forest management decisions on tree growth. Dynamic programming is used to investigate the ...