?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fmiis.maths.ox.ac.uk%2Fmiis%2F86%2F&rft.title=Optimal+weighing+schemes&rft.creator=Bhulai%2C+Sandjai&rft.creator=Breuer%2C+Thomas&rft.creator=Cator%2C+Eric&rft.creator=Dekkers%2C+Fieke&rft.subject=None%2FOther&rft.description=We+study+the+problem+of+determining+the+masses+of+a+set+of+weights%2C+given+one+standard+weight%2C+based+on+comparing+two+disjoint+subsets+of+those+weights+with+approximately+equal+mass.+The+question+is+how+to+choose+a+weighing+scheme%2C+i.e.%2C+different+pairs+of+subsets%2C+such+that+the+masses+can+be+determined+as+accurately+as+possible+within+a+given+number+of+measurements.+In+this+paper+we+discuss+a+new+way+of+using+the+so-called+STS+method+of+comparing+two+approximately+equal+masses%2C+and+we+will+give+optimal+weighing+schemes+which+turn+out+to+outperform+schemes+that+are+currently+used+by+national+metrology+institutes.&rft.date=2005-02-04&rft.type=Study+Group+Report&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fmiis.maths.ox.ac.uk%2Fmiis%2F86%2F1%2FNLweights.pdf&rft.identifier=++Bhulai%2C+Sandjai+and+Breuer%2C+Thomas+and+Cator%2C+Eric+and+Dekkers%2C+Fieke++(2005)+Optimal+weighing+schemes.++%5BStudy+Group+Report%5D+++++