30-07-2009, 05:04 PM
The electronics field is developing at a fast rate. Each day the industry is coming with new technology and products. The electronic components play a major role in all fields of life. The scientists had started to mimic the biological world. The development of artificial neural network (ANN), in which the nervous system is electronically implemented is one among them.
The scientists realized the importance of the detection and identification of odor in many fields. In human body it is achieved with the help of one of the sense organ, the nose. So scientists realized the need of imitating the human nose. The concept of the electronic nose appeared for the first time in a nature paper by Persuade and Dodd (1982). The authors suggested and demonstrated with a few examples that gas sensor array responses could be analyzed with artificial neural networks thereby increasing sensitivity and precision in analysis significantly. This first publication was followed by several methodological papers evaluating different sensor types and combinations.
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