Approach for Equivalent Accuracy Design of Different Types of Observations
Publication: Journal of Surveying Engineering
Volume 130, Issue 1
Abstract
The equivalency of observations in geodetic networks is one of the most important problems in surveying engineering, which has not been seriously considered before. This means that different types of observations should, on average, be equivalent from an accuracy and reliability point of view. In this paper, a method for the second-order design problem of geodetic networks to meet equivalent accuracy and reliability for different groups of observations has been suggested. In this technique, the weights of observations have been improved in such a way that the same average redundancy numbers are obtained for all types of observations. The efficiency of the methodology has been verified by numerical results.
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Journal of Surveying Engineering
Volume 130 • Issue 1 • February 2004
Pages: 1 - 5
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Copyright © 2004 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Received: Dec 19, 2001
Accepted: Aug 30, 2002
Published online: Jan 16, 2004
Published in print: Feb 2004
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