“…Several examples can be found in the literature, where covariances play a significant role in the evaluation of the combined standard uncertainty, including, but not limited to, interlaboratory comparisons [5], system identification [6], sensor data fusion [7], and vision-based measurements [8]. These same examples show that covariances are not always easy to detect and evaluate, and strict mathematical methods to evaluate them, although available [9], [10], are often complex to apply and time consuming.…”