Stochastic model for detection of signals in noise

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Klein, Stanley A ^a   Levi, Dennis M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LINEAR SYSTEMS; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; RESONANCE; SIMULATORS; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

BLACK BOXES; EXTERNAL INPUT; EXTERNAL NOISE; IMAGE METHOD; MULTI-PASS; PSYCHOPHYSICAL; SIGNAL DETECTION THEORY; SIGNALS OF INTERESTS; STOCHASTIC RESONANCES;

SIGNAL DETECTION;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; OPTICS; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PSYCHOPHYSICS; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ARTIFACTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTERS; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SIGNAL DETECTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 70449702058     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.26.00B110     Document Type: Article

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