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1 - Introduction

from Part I - Fundamentals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 December 2021

Marco Tartagni
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University of Bologna
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Summary

The purpose of this chapter is to set up the framework on which the book will be shaped up and it is intentionally based on informal descriptions of concepts. This is obviously a nonrigorous approach but is a fundamental step toward an abstraction process about artificial sensing: what are the ideas behind the general definition of sensors, their main performance limiting processes and essential tradeoffs. Using this inductive approach, we will first define concepts, leaving the formalization to the next chapters of the book. However, if the reader is facing this field for the first time, the argumentation could appear vague and fuzzy; therefore this first chapter should be read again after the rest of the book as the last one.

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Print publication year: 2022

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Brillouin, L., Science and Information Theory, 2nd ed. Mineola, NY: Dover Publications, 1962.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Pierce, J. R., An Introduction to Information Theory: Symbols, Signals & Noise. Mineola, NY: Dover Publications, 1961.Google Scholar
von Helmholtz, H., Popular Lectures on Scientific Subjects, Harvard Un. D. Appleton, 1873. L.CrossRefGoogle Scholar

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  • Introduction
  • Marco Tartagni, University of Bologna
  • Book: Electronic Sensor Design Principles
  • Online publication: 23 December 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781139629225.002
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  • Introduction
  • Marco Tartagni, University of Bologna
  • Book: Electronic Sensor Design Principles
  • Online publication: 23 December 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781139629225.002
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  • Introduction
  • Marco Tartagni, University of Bologna
  • Book: Electronic Sensor Design Principles
  • Online publication: 23 December 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781139629225.002
Available formats
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