Experimental study of a nonlinear system in the presence of noise: The stochastic resonance

American Journal of Physics

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 341-349

  Lanzara, Elisa ^a   Mantegna, Rosario N ^a   Spagnolo, Bernardo ^a   Zangara, Rosalia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

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EID: 0031488016     PISSN: 00029505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.18520     Document Type: Article

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