Signal-to-noise ratio measures efficacy of biological computing devices and circuits

Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology

Volumn 3, Issue JUN, 2015, Pages

  Beal, Jacob ^a  

^a BBN TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Analysis; Boolean logic; Controls; Digital circuits; Signals; Synthetic biology

Indexed keywords

EID: 85016437237     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22964185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2015.00093     Document Type: Article

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