COMBINING MULTIPLE REFERENCE MEASUREMENT COLLECTIONS INTO A WEIGHTED REFERENCE MEASUREMENT COLLECTION
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1. A method for determining a reliability of a target measurement by combining reference measurement collections of at least three reference measurement systems into a weighted reference measurement collection, each reference measurement collection (RMC) including a plurality of corresponding sample measurements, each corresponding sample measurement having a measurement value of the same sample, the method comprising the steps of:
- for each possible RMC pairing, plotting corresponding measurement values to generate a plurality of data pairs;
generating a best-fit line of the plurality of data pairs for each RMC pairing;
calculating a residual for each data pair, each residual associated with each RMC of the RMC pairing to which the respective residual belongs;
assigning a weight to each sample measurement for each RMC, wherein each weight is based on the residuals associated with a respective RMC to which the sample measurement belongs and favors a smaller residual more than a larger residual;
for each respective sample measurement, generating a weighted reference measurement based on the measurement value for the respective sample measurement for each RMC and the weights of the respective sample measurement for each RMC; and
comparing the weighted reference measurement with the target measurement to determine the reliability of the target measurement.
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Abstract
Combining of reference measurement collections (RMCs) of at least three reference measurement systems into a weighted reference measurement collection (wRMC) is disclosed. Each RMC includes a plurality of corresponding sample measurements, each of which has a measurement value of the same sample. The invention plots corresponding measurement values to generate a plurality of data pairs for each possible RMC pairing. A best-fit line of the plurality of data pairs for each RMC pairing is then generated, and a residual for each data pair is calculated. A weight is then assigned to each sample measurement for each RMC based on the residuals associated with a respective RMC to which the sample measurement belongs, favoring a smaller residual more than a larger residual. A weighted reference measurement is then generated based on the weights, and the measurement value for the respective sample measurement for each RMC.
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1. A method for determining a reliability of a target measurement by combining reference measurement collections of at least three reference measurement systems into a weighted reference measurement collection, each reference measurement collection (RMC) including a plurality of corresponding sample measurements, each corresponding sample measurement having a measurement value of the same sample, the method comprising the steps of:
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for each possible RMC pairing, plotting corresponding measurement values to generate a plurality of data pairs;
generating a best-fit line of the plurality of data pairs for each RMC pairing;
calculating a residual for each data pair, each residual associated with each RMC of the RMC pairing to which the respective residual belongs;
assigning a weight to each sample measurement for each RMC, wherein each weight is based on the residuals associated with a respective RMC to which the sample measurement belongs and favors a smaller residual more than a larger residual;
for each respective sample measurement, generating a weighted reference measurement based on the measurement value for the respective sample measurement for each RMC and the weights of the respective sample measurement for each RMC; and
comparing the weighted reference measurement with the target measurement to determine the reliability of the target measurement. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system for determining a reliability of a target measurement by combining reference measurement collections of at least three reference measurement systems into a weighted reference measurement collection, each reference measurement collection (RMC) including a plurality of corresponding sample measurements, each corresponding sample measurement having a measurement value of the same sample, the system comprising:
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means for, for each possible RMC pairing, plotting corresponding measurement values to generate a plurality of data pairs;
means for generating a best-fit line of the plurality of data pairs for each RMC pairing;
means for calculating a residual for each data pair, each residual associated with each RMC of the RMC pairing to which the respective residual belongs;
means for assigning a weight to each sample measurement for each RMC, wherein each weight is based on the residuals associated with a respective RMC to which the sample measurement belongs and favors a smaller residual more than a larger residual; and
means for, for each respective sample measurement, generating a weighted reference measurement based on the measurement value for the respective sample measurement for each RMC and the weights of the respective sample measurement for each RMC, the weighted reference measurement being compared with the target measurement to determine the reliability of the target measurement. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A program product stored on a computer readable medium, which when executed, enables a computer infrastructure to determine a reliability of a target measurement by combining reference measurement collections of at least three reference measurement systems into a weighted reference measurement collection, each reference measurement collection (RMC) including a plurality of corresponding sample measurements, each corresponding sample measurement having a measurement value of the same sample, the program product comprising computer program code for enabling the computer infrastructure to perform the following steps:
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for each possible RMC pairing, plotting corresponding measurement values to generate a plurality of data pairs;
generating a best-fit line of the plurality of data pairs for each RMC pairing;
calculating a residual for each data pair, each residual associated with each RMC of the RMC pairing to which the respective residual belongs;
assigning a weight to each sample measurement for each RMC, wherein each weight is based on the residuals associated with a respective RMC to which the sample measurement belongs and favors a smaller residual more than a larger residual; and
for each respective sample measurement, generating a weighted reference measurement based on the measurement value for the respective sample measurement for each RMC and the weights of the respective sample measurement for each RMC, the weighted reference measurement being compared with the target measurement to determine the reliability of the target measurement. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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16. A method for determining a reliability of a target measurement by combining reference measurement collections of at least three reference measurement systems into a weighted reference measurement collection, each reference measurement collection (RMC) including a plurality of corresponding sample measurements, each corresponding sample measurement having a measurement value of the same sample, the method comprising the steps of:
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assigning a weight to each sample measurement of each reference measurement collection indicative of an ability of the respective reference measurement system to measure that sample compared to other reference measurement systems;
generating a weighted reference measurement collection (wRMC) by calculating, for each respective sample measurement, a weighted reference measurement based on the measurement value for the respective sample measurement for each RMC and the weights of the respective sample measurement for each RMC; and
determining the reliability of the target measurement based on the weighted reference measurement collection. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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