This volume concentrates upon the factors responsible for the emergence of new measurement systems. It explores the legal aspects of measurement, the many uses of measurement systems and the recent advances in design and manufacturing techniques.

A handbook stressing the enduring theoretical principles of the design of measurement systems. The material is organized to correspond to the sequence in which a management system is first conceived, then designed, built, installed, and maintained. Includes the latest information on digital signals, pattern recognition, digital data networks and feedback systems design, and focus on the problem of extracting signals in the presence of noise sources at any useful depth.