A 3 sensor multipoint optical fibre water sensor utilising artificial neural network pattern recognition

2002 15th Optical Fiber Sensors Conference Technical Digest, OFS 2002

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 463-466

  Lyons, W B ^a   King, D ^a   Flanagan, C ^a   Lewis, E ^a   Ewald, H ^b   Lochmann, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^b Hochschule Wismar   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPLEX NETWORKS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFLECTION; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; FIBERS; NEURAL NETWORKS; OPTICAL FIBERS; PATTERN RECOGNITION SYSTEMS; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

COMPLEX SIGNAL; CROSS-COUPLINGS; EVANESCENT WAVE ABSORPTION; EVANESCENT WAVE SENSORS; NETWORK PATTERN; POLYMER-CLAD SILICAS; SENSING REGION; SIGNAL PROCESSING TECHNIQUE;

PATTERN RECOGNITION;

EID: 84888304396     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/OFS.2002.1000692     Document Type: Conference Paper

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