Adjustment computations : spatial data analysis /
Charles D. Ghilani.
- Sixth edition.
- 1 online resource.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Observations and their analysis -- Random error theory -- Confidence intervals -- Statistical testing -- Propagation of random errors in indirectly measured quantities -- Error propagation in angle and distance observations -- Error propagation in traverse surveys -- Error propagation in elevation determination -- Weights of observations -- Principles of least squares -- Adjustment of level nets -- Precisions of indirectly determined quantities -- Adjustment of horizontal surveys : trilateration -- Adjustment of horizontal surveys : triangulation -- Adjustment of horizontal surveys : traverses and horizontal networks -- Adjustment of GNSS networks -- Coordinate transformations -- Error ellipse -- Constraint equations -- Blunder detection in horizontal networks -- The general least squares method and its application to curve fitting and coordinate transformations -- Three-dimensional geodetic network adjustment -- Combining GNSS and terrestrial observations -- Analysis of adjustments -- Computer optimization.