Aspects of the integration of different data sources are discussed with respect to improvement of reliability and significance of experimental results. Thomson scattering data have been analysed by means of Bayesian probability theory. This much improved s

Fig. 2: Bayesian graph for joint evaluation of electron temperature and density profiles, including a mapping on magnetic surfaces. The bottom sections represent subgraphs for different diagnostics.

Integration of further diagnostics is done by adding further subgraphs representing those

information sources.

Conclusion

BPT provides outstanding tools for statistical modelling allowing the combination of

uncertainties from different sources. Deep cooperation with diagnosticians result in error

analyses which allow for a quantitative comparison of data from different diagnostics. The feasibility of this approach was shown for a Thomson scattering diagnostics. On the basis

of this thorough error analysis, the uncertainties due to combination of different diagnostics sources becomes quantifiable. Again, the Bayesian framework allows for a rigorous

combination of different data. Realisation of that approach is the next step towards an

integrated data analysis.

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