Year: 1976
Type: report
Abstract: The concept of a National Measurement System has, for many years, provided a useful focus for the considerations important to physical measurements in our technology intensive economy.Dr. R. D. Huntoon, in his October 6, 1967, article in Science , emphasized the basis for a systems viewpoint in interrelated measurements activities and the idea has continued to evolve.Today, we think of the U.S. National Measurement System in terms of all the intellectual, functional and institutional activities which enter into measurements throughout our society.More- over, we seek to understand more completely the structural nature of this system and its architectural needs.There haye been a number of approaches to the study of our national system for physical measurements.The present series of studies was initiated in 1972 by Dr. Ernest Ambler, then Director of the Institute for Basic Standards.It was Dr. Ambler's purpose to organize the essen- tial information necessary for the effective management of NBS resources and to promote the direct interaction between IBS staff members and the communities of users they serve.This document reflects the results of the intensive studies carried out during the period from 1972 -1975.It is important to recognize that the National Measurement System is extremely complex having widely distributed elements and impacts.The detailed analysis of this system is well beyond the state-of-the-art of econometric modeling, and there- fore, any study, no matter how intensive, is necessarily incomplete.Nevertheless, the information which is now in hand provides an important addition to our capability for planning and implementing the programs of IBS.It also represents a growing foundation upon which we can continue our efforts to build a more effective structure.
Author: Raymond C Sangster
Language: English
Subfield: Management of Technology and Innovation
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: gold
OpenAlex ID: W2792213875