acotacion de incertidumbres/incertidumbres acotados

English translation: defining/limiting/plotting uncertainties

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Spanish term or phrase:acotacion de incertidumbres/incertidumbres acotados
English translation:defining/limiting/plotting uncertainties
Entered by: Black & White

20:33 Oct 30, 2005
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Mining & Minerals / Gems
Spanish term or phrase: acotacion de incertidumbres/incertidumbres acotados
Can you possibly suggest a translation of "acotacion" in this sentence.

"La información de la cual hablamos es.....información que permite Inferencias para medir valores esperados y las incertidumbres que las afectan de modo que estas puedan ser debidamente acotadas"

lower down in the document is a line graph accompanied by the text box; "acotacion de incertidumbres"

Judging from the presence of the line graph, I suspect "acotacion" might mean something like "plotting (out)" or "marking out" uncertainties. What do you think?
Black & White
Local time: 08:29
defining or limiting uncertainties
Explanation:
I thought acotar can mean "to fence" - so I think they are trying to define, note down (i.e. writing) and /or limit uncertainties related mining something...

As per Real Academia de la lengua Espaniola:
acotación1.

1. f. acotamiento.
2. f. Señal o apuntamiento que se pone en la margen de algún escrito o impreso.
3. f. Cada una de las notas que se ponen en la obra teatral, advirtiendo y explicando todo lo relativo a la acción o movimiento de los personajes y al servicio de la escena.
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plettnea (X)
Local time: 08:29
Grading comment
I agree with "defining", "limiting" or even "setting". If referring to a graph, the verb "plotting" might be more appropriate.
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Summary of answers provided
5 +1elevation uncertainty/uncertainty of elevation
bigedsenior
5Limiting uncertainty
Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X)
4plot of the uncertainties
David Brown
3uncertainty reduction/ reduced uncertainties
Cecilia Della Croce
3defining or limiting uncertainties
plettnea (X)
3bounding of uncertainties/bounded uncertainties
SteveW


  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
uncertainty reduction/ reduced uncertainties


Explanation:
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Cecilia Della Croce
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Local time: 04:29
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
plot of the uncertainties


Explanation:
Currently skimming chapter: 3 SENSITIVITY/UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS AND THE SETTING OF
... FIGURE 3.6 Plot of the uncertainties listed in Table 3.3A for sulfate ...
www.nap.edu/nap-cgi/skimit. cgi?isbn=030905429X&chap=89-106 - 144k

David Brown
Spain
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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
defining or limiting uncertainties


Explanation:
I thought acotar can mean "to fence" - so I think they are trying to define, note down (i.e. writing) and /or limit uncertainties related mining something...

As per Real Academia de la lengua Espaniola:
acotación1.

1. f. acotamiento.
2. f. Señal o apuntamiento que se pone en la margen de algún escrito o impreso.
3. f. Cada una de las notas que se ponen en la obra teatral, advirtiendo y explicando todo lo relativo a la acción o movimiento de los personajes y al servicio de la escena.



    Reference: http://www.rae.es/
plettnea (X)
Local time: 08:29
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
I agree with "defining", "limiting" or even "setting". If referring to a graph, the verb "plotting" might be more appropriate.
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10 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
elevation uncertainty/uncertainty of elevation


Explanation:
In relation to topographic mapping. Certainly essential for mining.

DEM uncertainty in elevation and the selected topographic parameters is being
evaluated for differing types of topography (ie flat versus steep). ...
www.csulb.edu/~wechsler/Dissertation/P262/P262.html - 60k - Cached - Similar pages

[PDF] Perceptions of Digital Elevation Model Uncertainty by DEM Users
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Perceptions of Digital Elevation Model Uncertainty. by DEM Users ... perceive and
address DEM uncertainty arising from unknown error in the elevation data. ...
www.urisa.org/Journal/protect/Vol15No2/Wechsler.pdf - Similar pages

[PDF] Quantifying Uncertainty of Digital Elevation Models Derived from ...
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uncertainty in DEMs requires comparison of the original elevations (eg,.
elevations read from topographic maps) with the elevations in a DEM surface. ...
isu.indstate.edu/qweng/Chapter

The uncertainty of elevations based on benchmarks is assumed to be 0.15 meter (0.5
ft) ... At a density of 2.67 gm/cc, elevation uncertainty translates to a ...
pubs.usgs.gov/of/2001/ofr-01-0423/sdgrv.htm

bigedsenior
Local time: 00:29
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X): you are right....I just realized we are all wrong..actually..I think it is Defining Uncertainty Boundaries..acotar is set a boundary..
16 hrs
  -> thanks, Jane. Without more context there is always an element of uncertainty. No pun intended.
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Limiting uncertainty


Explanation:
acotar means to put boundary around something like a property



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Note added at 1 day 2 hrs 42 mins (2005-10-31 23:16:09 GMT)
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OK I just realized this was Mining: Setting the Boundaries of Uncertainty

Data Mining. Simulation. Convergence. Bio-interface. Asynchronous. Low energy chip
... Axes of Uncertainty: boundaries of expectation, quadrants of contrast ...
www.acunu.org/millennium/canada-0203.ppt - Similar pages

United Nations Statistics Division - Common Database
Attempts have been made to arrive at uncertainty boundaries around the ...
Mining includes underground and surface mines, quarries and wells and all ...
unstats.un.org/unsd/cdb/cdb_list_dicts_download.asp - 198k - Cached - Similar pages

[PDF] Bon(r)r


Defining or setting the uncertainty Boundaries




Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X)
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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1 day 12 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
bounding of uncertainties/bounded uncertainties


Explanation:
"Sánchez, María Cristina, Félix Nevárez, J. R. Mahan, and Ira J. Sorensen, Bounding uncertainties in Monte Carlo ray-trace models, EOS/SPIE Symposium on Remote Sensing (EUROPTO Series),Toulouse, France, Sept 17-21, 2001."
http://www.me.vt.edu/people/faculty/mahan.html
" Data Fitting Problems with Bounded Uncertainties in the Data
Abstract. An analysis of a class of data fitting problems, where the data uncertainties are subject to known bounds, is given in a very general setting."
http://epubs.siam.org/sam-bin/dbq/article/35659

SteveW
Spain
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