Abstract: We consider a set of numbers independently drawn from a normal distribution. We investigate the statistical properties of the maximum, minimum, and range of this set. We find that the range is closely related to the standard ...

Abstract: NOAA’s National Geodetic Survey (NGS) has developed the Rapid Static GPS software for use as the major processing engine in the OPUS-RS utility (online positioning user service—rapid static) (http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/OPUS ...

Abstract: There are many procedures for adjusting data and detecting the presence of blunders in a set of observations. Most such procedures involve examining the adjustment results for residuals whose magnitude is in some sense ...