title: Generalized evaluation of environmental radioactivity measurements with UncertRadio Part II: Methods with linear unfolding.
abstract: For the software UncertRadio (UR), designed for a generalized evaluation of environmental radioactivity measurements, the evaluation procedure is given if least squares-fitting is involved. UR is then applied to the simultaneous detection of Strontium-89 and Strontium-90. This method is easily extendable over recent approaches based on the evaluation of two measurements, i.e. on two unknowns with two equations. The evaluation within UR includes ISO 11929 decision thresholds and detection limits. The propagation of distributions with MC simulation is described.
authors.affiliation: Thünen Institute of Fisheries Ecology in Hamburg, Germany. Electronic address: guenter.kanisch@hanse.net.
authors.forename: Günter
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kanisch
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D006801:Humans; D016018:Least-Squares Analysis; D057230:Limit of Detection; D016014:Linear Models; D015233:Models, Statistical; D009010:Monte Carlo Method; D011848:Radioactive Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*; D011868:Radioisotopes / Q000032:analysis*; D012984:Software; D013326:Strontium Radioisotopes / Q000032:analysis; D035501:Uncertainty
chemical_list: D011848:Radioactive Pollutants; D011868:Radioisotopes; D013326:Strontium Radioisotopes
keywords: Detection efficiency covariances; ISO 11929 detection limit calculation; ISO GUM; Linear unfolding; Monte Carlo simulation; Weighted least squares; Weighted total least squares