Abstract The International System of Units (SI) was declared as a practical and evolving
system in 1960 and is now 50 years old. A large amount of theoretical and experimental …

Measurement uncertainty, as established in the Guide to the Expression of Uncertainty in
Measurement (GUM), is a central concept in metrology. The GUM is known for its detailed …

The paper introduces and formally defines a functional concept of a measuring system, on
this basis characterizing the measurement as an evaluation performed by means of a …

The work analyzes the various components of information brought by measurement results,
in particular highlighting the meaning and the role of semantic and pragmatic information …

What characterizes measurement with respect to generic evaluation? The representational
model to measurement theory appears to underestimate this problem, which is of primary …

Effectiveness measures provide decision makers feedback on the impact of deliberate
actions and affect critical issues such as allocation of scarce resources, as well as whether …

Research on software measurement can be organized around five key conceptual and
methodological issues: how to apply measurement theory to software, how to frame software …

A indústria de serviços experimentou notável crescimento nas últimas duas décadas. As
organizações de serviços cresceram em tamanho e complexidade. Este artigo analisa a …

A formal model of measurement is constructed and its components are outlined in this
paper. An integrated hierarchical formal four-level structure which allows description of the …

In recent times there have been a number of suggestive attempts to formulate a semiotics of
measurement in the context of modern theory and practice of instrumentation. All have been …