ON THE APPLICATION OF ROBUSTNESS ANALYSIS TO GEODETIC NETWORKS
Mike Mustafa Berber, Michael R. Craymer · 2003
Geodetic control networks established for engineering construction (e.g., highways, railways, bridges, dams) typically have coordinates estimated by the method of least-squares and the 'goodness' of the network is measured by a precision analysis based upon the covariance matrix of the estimated parameters. When such a network is designed, traditionally this again is based upon measures derived from the covariance matrix of the estimated parameters. This traditional approach is based upon propagation of random errors.