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Pass / Fail / Inconclusive Criteria for Inter-Laboratory Comparisons

April 14, 2015
Author(s)
Blaza Toman, Bodo Mickan, Gerd Wubbeler, Olha Bodnar, Clemens Elster, John D. Wright
Inter-laboratory comparisons use the best available transfer standards to check participants uncertainty analyses, identify underestimated uncertainty claims or measurement errors, and improve the global measurement system. For some measurands (e.g. flow)

A Case Study of a Community Affected by the Witch and Guejito Fires: Report #2 – Evaluating the Effects of Hazard Mitigation Actions on Structure Ignitions

June 5, 2013
Author(s)
Alexander Maranghides, Derek McNamara, William Mell, Jason Trook, Blaza Toman
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has a suite of research projects addressing risk reduction in Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) communities. The NIST WUI Team was invited by CAL FIRE to collect post incident data from the California

Standard Reference Material 2366 for Measurement of Human Cytomegalovirus DNA

March 1, 2013
Author(s)
Ross J. Haynes, Margaret C. Kline, Blaza Toman, Calum Scott, Paul Wallace, John M. Butler, Marcia J. Holden
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is one of a number of human viruses that are ubiquitous in human populations, generally cause little illness upon infecting healthy individuals, but can cause life threatening disease in immune-compromised individuals. An important

Alternative Analyses of Measurements of the Planck Constant

July 5, 2012
Author(s)
Blaza Toman
We compare different methods for the adjustment of the Planck constant using recent, inconsistent data. First we discuss the popular Birge ratio method. By stating the underlying statistical model we critically assess and modify this method. We then

Quantifying Model Error

February 11, 2011
Author(s)
Kevin B. McGrattan, Blaza Toman
A methodology is proposed for reporting the results of fire model validation studies that consist mainly of comparisons of model predictions and experimental measurements. The difference between the two is a combination of model error and experimental

Laboratory Effects Models for Interlaboratory Comparisons

June 16, 2009
Author(s)
Blaza Toman, Antonio M. Possolo
Statistical analysis of inter-laboratory comparisons (e.g. Key Comparisons, Supplemental Comparisons) is required to produce an estimate of the measurand called a reference value and further, measures of equivalence of the participating laboratories