Utilisation of pattern recognition techniques to interpret complex data from a multipoint optical fibre ethanol concentration sensor system

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 144-153

  King, Damien ^a   Lyons, William B ^a   Flanagan, Colin ^a   Lewis, Elfed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Artificial neural networks; Discrete Fourier transform; Measurement; Multipoint optical fibre sensor system; Optical time domain reflectometry; Pattern recognition

Indexed keywords

DISCRETE FOURIER TRANSFORMS; ETHANOL; FIBER OPTIC CHEMICAL SENSORS; NEURAL NETWORKS; REFLECTOMETERS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

MULTIPOINT OPTICAL FIBRE SENSOR SYSTEM; OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY; SENSOR CONFIGURATION; WAVE ABSORPTION SENSORS;

PATTERN RECOGNITION;

EID: 34247126449     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2006.10.035     Document Type: Article

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