A Computational Method for Field Detection of Unknown Substances,

Abstract

This report is about computational methods in the detection of unknown substances by means of their spectra. The method of least-squares is used to test whether an unknown spectrum is one of a previously-stored set of spectra of compounds known to be of interest. The requirements are that this be done with as small and simple a program as possible and still get reasonable certainty of detection. The programs are first described, then tested by simulation. The results suggest that the procedure is feasible although further improvement is probably desirable. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1985
Accession Number
ADP004950

Entities

People

  • E. W. Ross

Organizations

  • United States Army Soldier Systems Center

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Applied Mathematics
  • Computational Science
  • Detection
  • Mathematics
  • Simulations
  • Spectra

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