Adaptive Beamforming and Postfiltering

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Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 945-978

  Gannot, Sharon ^a   Cohen, Israel ^b  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

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EID: 85075948104     PISSN: 25228692     EISSN: 25228706     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-49127-9_47     Document Type: Chapter

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