Model uncertainty and reference value of the Planck constant

Statistical parametric models are proposed to explain the values of the Planck constant obtained by comparing electrical and mechanical powers and by counting atoms in Si 28 enriched crystals. They assume that uncertainty contributions -- having heterogeneous, datum-specific, variances -- might not be included in the error budgets of some of the measured values. Model selection and model averaging are used to investigate data consistency, to identify a reference value of the Planck constant, and to include the model uncertainty in the error budget.

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