"a maximum error" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it any time you need to refer to a sum or limit of error. For example, "This model was estimated with a maximum error of 5%".
Results showed that a maximum error of 103% occurs in the sensor output.
Measures done with peaches show a maximum error of 1 day.
The parameters of the loads were estimated with a maximum error of 5%.
Pressure drops were predicted with a maximum error of 16% between theoretical and experimental values.
The accuracy of prediction was found to be within a maximum error of ±8.5%.
The results indicated the possibility of thickness measurement with a maximum error of 2 mm for 91.35% of data.
The GDM-channel model results agree with the experimental results within a maximum error of less than 10%.
The newly designed measurement system shows a maximum error of ± 0.5 μm for translation and ± 2 arcsec for rotation.
The neural network presented a maximum error value lower than 30%, while existing formulas presented errors greater than 40%.
Previously published experimental data were utilized for the validation process where a maximum error of about 5.8% achieved.
The proposed neural network system presents a maximum error lower than 15%, while existing design formulae errors are over 20%.
