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Is there a mathematical way to work out uncertainty of something when that uncertainty has uncertainty and so on?

Asked by kingpinlovesyou (312points) August 5th, 2011

I’ll try to explain myself better. My phone has an app that tells me how far away my friends are, it also sells it will be + or – x meters out, but I’ve found that is also wrong sometimes.

Ignoring that example is there anything in maths that tries to work out a problem knowing its uncertainty and the uncertainty of that uncertainty and so on?

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