Can detectability be improved by adding noise?

Authors

Steven Kay, University of Rhode Island

Document Type

Article

Date of Original Version

1-1-2000

Abstract

Under certain conditions, the detectability can be improved by adding independent noise to the received data. The reasons for this counterintuitive result are explained for a suboptimal detector and illustrated by computer simulation.

Publication Title, e.g., Journal

IEEE Signal Processing Letters

Volume

7

Issue

1

Citation/Publisher Attribution

Kay, Steven. "Can detectability be improved by adding noise?." IEEE Signal Processing Letters 7, 1 (2000): 8-10. doi: 10.1109/97.809511.