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The instrumentation system |
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The philosophy of measurement |
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3 | (8) |
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3 | (3) |
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6 | (1) |
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Environmental disturbances |
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System design and the contribution of errors |
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8 | (3) |
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The general instrumentation system |
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11 | (1) |
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The overall transfer function |
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12 | (1) |
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Dynamic response of the sensor |
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13 | (3) |
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The measurement system as a series of networks |
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16 | (7) |
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19 | (1) |
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20 | (1) |
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20 | (3) |
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23 | (22) |
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23 | (1) |
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The damped harmonic oscillator |
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24 | (9) |
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The non-driven oscillator |
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25 | (1) |
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25 | (3) |
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28 | (3) |
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31 | (2) |
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33 | (1) |
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Torsionally vibrating rod |
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34 | (1) |
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Longitudinally vibrating plate |
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34 | (1) |
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35 | (2) |
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37 | (2) |
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39 | (1) |
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The double tuning fork structure |
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39 | (1) |
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Bulk acoustic wave resonator sensors |
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40 | (1) |
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41 | (4) |
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43 | (1) |
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43 | (2) |
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Semiconductor-based sensors |
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45 | (67) |
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45 | (1) |
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46 | (10) |
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Using silicon to measure strain |
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47 | (1) |
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48 | (2) |
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50 | (4) |
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54 | (2) |
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56 | (1) |
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Surface acoustic wave sensors (SAWS) |
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56 | (5) |
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Mass and gas/vapour sensors |
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59 | (1) |
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60 | (1) |
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60 | (1) |
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60 | (1) |
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61 | (1) |
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61 | (8) |
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62 | (1) |
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63 | (1) |
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64 | (3) |
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67 | (1) |
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68 | (1) |
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68 | (1) |
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69 | (23) |
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The wave-particle duality |
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69 | (1) |
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69 | (4) |
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73 | (5) |
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78 | (14) |
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92 | (4) |
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Thermal infrared radiation sensors |
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92 | (1) |
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93 | (2) |
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Integrated circuit temperature sensors |
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95 | (1) |
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Detectors of ionizing radiation |
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96 | (6) |
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Radioactivity and historical developments |
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96 | (2) |
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98 | (1) |
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98 | (1) |
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99 | (3) |
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102 | (10) |
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102 | (2) |
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104 | (1) |
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105 | (1) |
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106 | (1) |
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107 | (1) |
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108 | (1) |
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109 | (3) |
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112 | (60) |
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112 | (1) |
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113 | (16) |
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Principles of propagation |
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114 | (10) |
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Degradation of transmission in optical fibres |
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124 | (3) |
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127 | (2) |
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Comparison of optical fibres with electrical lines |
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129 | (1) |
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Extrinsic optical fibre sensors |
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129 | (13) |
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129 | (3) |
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132 | (2) |
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134 | (2) |
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136 | (2) |
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Total internal reflection-based sensors |
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138 | (3) |
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141 | (1) |
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Intrinsic optical fibre sensors |
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142 | (14) |
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142 | (1) |
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Change in optical-path length |
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143 | (5) |
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148 | (8) |
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156 | (8) |
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157 | (3) |
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160 | (4) |
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164 | (8) |
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168 | (1) |
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169 | (3) |
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172 | (47) |
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172 | (2) |
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Discontinuous-time sampling |
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174 | (1) |
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Discrete sampling of the measurand |
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175 | (13) |
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Digital-to-analogue conversion |
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176 | (4) |
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Analogue-to-digital conversion |
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180 | (8) |
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PC-based data acquisition boards |
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188 | (3) |
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191 | (3) |
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Artificial intelligence in instrumentation |
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194 | (25) |
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Rule-based expert systems |
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194 | (2) |
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196 | (9) |
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Artificial neural networks |
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205 | (10) |
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215 | (1) |
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216 | (3) |
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Data signal characterization and recovery |
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219 | (41) |
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219 | (1) |
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Classification of data signals |
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220 | (5) |
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Deterministic data signals |
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220 | (2) |
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222 | (3) |
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Characterization of random data signals |
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225 | (11) |
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Mean values and variances |
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226 | (1) |
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Probability density functions |
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226 | (4) |
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Multi-variable probabilities, covariance and correlation |
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230 | (1) |
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The correlation concept for time-dependent signals |
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231 | (1) |
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Auto-correlation and spectral density functions |
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232 | (4) |
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236 | (12) |
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236 | (2) |
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Noise reduction techniques |
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238 | (10) |
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248 | (12) |
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Sources of interference and coupling mechanisms |
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248 | (3) |
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Interference reduction techniques |
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251 | (6) |
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257 | (1) |
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257 | (3) |
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Novel developments in flow measurement systems |
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260 | (26) |
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260 | (5) |
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265 | (3) |
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265 | (1) |
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266 | (1) |
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267 | (1) |
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The cross-correlation flowmeter |
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268 | (2) |
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270 | (3) |
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273 | (13) |
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275 | (2) |
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277 | (4) |
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281 | (3) |
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284 | (1) |
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285 | (1) |
| Answers to exercises |
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286 | (3) |
| Index |
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