Measuring information. How much does it need? How to process it? Elyasberg P.E.

This book is popularly set out the problems of determining the parameters of various phenomena by a large number of measurements. The issues of choosing a mathematical model and the way to solve this problem, as well as the volume and composition of measurements are considered. The feasibility of studying these issues is shown in conditions of uncertainty, when the main characteristics of the errors used by the initial data are not known for exactly, but only the boundaries of changing the possible values ​​of these characteristics are set.

The book is written if possible without the use of a complex mathematical apparatus. It is intended for specialists in the field of the theory of movement control, heavenly mechanics, astronautics, experimental physics, geodesy, statistics, theoretical biology, mathematical economy and sociology, students of the corresponding specialties, as well as for a wide range of readers interested in the processing of large arrays of measuring information.