Discrimination between equations of state
- 1 September 1971
- journal article
- Published by National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Journal of Research of the National Bureau of Standards Section A: Physics and Chemistry
- Vol. 75A (5) , 441-453
- https://doi.org/10.6028/jres.075a.035
Abstract
Eight isothermal equations of state are analyzed to yield quantitative measures of the degrees to which equation pairs can he discriminated for real data, data of limited span and precision. Calculated curves allow one to assess the span and precision necessary in P-V data to allow unambiguous discrimination of various pairs. Some discussion is presented of bias and systematic error which may arise in least squares fitting. Using exact synthetic data, we also illustrate for seven equation pairs the very large relative systematic errors in parameter and standard deviation estimates which arise from such fitting of data of limited span with an incorrect but "close" equation model. General conclusions following from these results are discussed. Although the present work is principally concerned with discrimination between equations of state, its results are pertinent to the more general problem of choosing a "best" analytical model (linear or nonlinear) to represent experimental results.Keywords
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