Title :
Machine olfaction: intelligent sensing of odours
Author :
Pearce, T.C. ; Gardner, J.W. ; Friel, S.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Eng., Warwick Univ., Coventry, UK
Abstract :
A novel instrumentation and data processing system is described which is capable of discriminating flavours by their characteristic odour. The system comprises of an array of novel conducting polymer chemoresistive devices combined with suitable analogue instrumentation and pattern recognition software. Chemometric fingerprinting and multilayer perceptron techniques are described for the classification and identification of the sensor array data. Results are given on the application of the instrument to beer flavour monitoring
Keywords :
gas sensors; intelligent sensors; multilayer perceptrons; pattern classification; analogue instrumentation; beer flavour monitoring; characteristic odour; chemometric fingerprinting; conducting polymer chemoresistive devices; flavours discrimination; intelligent odours sensing; machine olfaction; multilayer perceptron techniques; pattern recognition software; sensor array data; Application software; Data processing; Fingerprint recognition; Instruments; Machine intelligence; Multilayer perceptrons; Pattern recognition; Polymers; Sensor arrays; Sensor phenomena and characterization;
Conference_Titel :
Systems, Man and Cybernetics, 1993. 'Systems Engineering in the Service of Humans', Conference Proceedings., International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Le Touquet
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0911-1
DOI :
10.1109/ICSMC.1993.390843
