Evaluation of stochastic-resonance-based detectors of weak harmonic signals in additive white Gaussian noise

Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 6470-6479

  Galdi, V ^a   Pierro, V ^a   Pinto, I M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

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EID: 0000945802     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.57.6470     Document Type: Article

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