• DocumentCode
    754582
  • Title

    The history of noise [on the 100th anniversary of its birth]

  • Author

    Cohen, Leon

  • Author_Institution
    Graduate Center, City Univ. of New York, NY, USA
  • Volume
    22
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    2005
  • Firstpage
    20
  • Lastpage
    45
  • Abstract
    In this paper, the author conveys some of the vibrant history of noise that has been involved in the solution of some of the greatest scientific, mathematical, and technological problems. This paper aims to show that the history of noise is an exciting story filled with drama and worth telling.
  • Keywords
    Boltzmann equation; Brownian motion; differential equations; matched filters; quantum noise; shot noise; stochastic processes; thermal noise; Boltzmann equation; Brownian motion; Einstein theorem; Langevin equation; Weiner process; matched filter; noise history; quantum noise; shot noise; stochastic differential equation; thermal noise;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Signal Processing Magazine, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1053-5888
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MSP.2005.1550188
  • Filename
    1550188