• DocumentCode
    1279653
  • Title

    Can detectability be improved by adding noise?

  • Author

    Kay, Steven

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Rhode Island Univ., Kingston, RI, USA
  • Volume
    7
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    2000
  • Firstpage
    8
  • Lastpage
    10
  • Abstract
    It is shown that under certain conditions the performance of a suboptimal detector may be improved by adding noise to the received data. The reasons for this counterintuitive result are explained and a computer simulation example given.
  • Keywords
    Gaussian noise; signal detection; white noise; computer simulation; signal detection; suboptimal detector; white Gaussian noise; Computer simulation; Detectors; Gaussian noise; Light rail systems; Noise level; Probability density function; Signal detection; Signal to noise ratio; Statistics; Testing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Signal Processing Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1070-9908
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/97.809511
  • Filename
    809511
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1279653