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Objective Odour Measurements

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The biological chemoreception mechanisms are complex, and the sense of smell is extremely powerful in terms of discrimination between complex mixtures of chemicals, sensitivity to certain classes of chemicals and the range of concentrations that are detectable. This chapter introduces the biological concepts of chemoreception and information processing and goes on to describe approaches in producing biomimetic devices that may ultimately be used for biometric applications. Promising sensor technologies applicable for use in sensor arrays are introduced, and information processing strategies applicable to the pattern recognition problems are presented.

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Persaud, K.C., Lee, D.H., Byun, H.G. (1996). Objective Odour Measurements. In: Jain, A.K., Bolle, R., Pankanti, S. (eds) Biometrics. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-47044-6_12

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