<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> Software is used in order to accomplish various tasks at each stage of the functioning of modern measuring systems. Before metrological confirmation of measuring equipment, the system has to be validated. This paper discusses the method for conducting validation studies of a fragment of software to calculate the values of measurands. Due to the number and nature of the variables affecting the coordinate measurement results and the complex character and multi-dimensionality of measurands, the study used the Monte Carlo method of numerical simulation. The article presents an attempt of possible improvement of results obtained by classic Monte Carlo tools. The algorithm LHS (Latin Hypercube Sampling) was implemented as alternative to the simple sampling schema of classic algorithm.</p></abstract>

Software is used in order to accomplish various tasks at each stage of the functioning of modern measuring systems. Before metrological confirmation of measuring equipment, the system has to be validated. This paper discusses the method for conducting validation studies of a fragment of software to calculate the values of measurands. Due to the number and nature of the variables affecting the coordinate measurement results and the complex character and multi-dimensionality of measurands, the study used the Monte Carlo method of numerical simulation. The article presents an attempt of possible improvement of results obtained by classic Monte Carlo tools. The algorithm LHS (Latin Hypercube Sampling) was implemented as alternative to the simple sampling schema of classic algorithm.

Improvement of Simulation Method in Validation of Software of the Coordinate Measuring Systems

Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Robotics, AGH University of Science and Technology, 30 Mickiewicza Av. , 00-059 Cracow, Poland

Measurement Science Review

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Software is used in order to accomplish various tasks at each stage of the functioning of modern measuring systems. Before metrological confirmation of...

Improvement of Simulation Method in Validation of Software of the Coordinate Measuring Systems

Publié en ligne: 29 oct. 2015

Pages: 226 - 235

Reçu: 22 janv. 2015

Accepté: 30 sept. 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/msr-2015-0031

Mots clés
Validation, coordinate measuring technique, Monte Carlo simulation

© by Halina Nieciąg

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Improvement of Simulation Method in Validation of Software of the Coordinate Measuring Systems

Publié en ligne: 29 oct. 2015

Pages: 226 - 235

Reçu: 22 janv. 2015

Accepté: 30 sept. 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/msr-2015-0031

Mots clésValidation, coordinate measuring technique, Monte Carlo simulation

© by Halina Nieciąg

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Mots clés
Validation, coordinate measuring technique, Monte Carlo simulation