ISSN:
1573-3009
Keywords:
Compliance monitoring
;
composite sample
;
extreme values
;
hot-spots
;
observational economy
;
precision
;
retesting
;
site characterization
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Energy, Environment Protection, Nuclear Power Engineering
Notes:
Abstract Quantifying a composite sample results in a loss of information on the values of the constituent individual samples. As a consequence of this information loss, it is impossible to identify individual samples having large values, based on composite sample measurements alone. However, under certain circumstances, it is possible to identify individual samples having large values without exhaustively measuring all individual samples. In addition to composite sample measurements, a few additional measurements on carefully selected individual samples are sufficient to identify the individual samples having large values. In this paper, we present a statistical method to recover extremely large individual sample values using composite sample measurements. An application to site characterization is used to illustrate the method.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00571394
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