scholarly journals Reliable e-nose for air toxicity monitoring by filter diagonalization method

Author(s):  
Ricardo Macías-Quijas ◽  
Ramiro Velázquez ◽  
Roberto De Fazio ◽  
Paolo Visconti ◽  
Nicola Ivan Giannoccaro ◽  
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This paper introduces a compact, affordable electronic nose (e-nose) device devoted to detect the presence of toxic compounds that could affect human health, such as carbon monoxide, combustible gas, hydrogen, methane, and smoke, among others. Such artificial olfaction device consists of an array of six metal oxide semiconductor (MOS) sensors and a computer-based information system for signal acquisition, processing, and visualization. This study further proposes the use of the filter diagonalization method (FDM) to extract the spectral contents of the signals obtained from the sensors. Preliminary results show that the prototype is functional and that the FDM approach is suitable for a later classification stage. Example deployment scenarios of the proposed e-nose include indoor facilities (buildings and warehouses), compromised air quality places (mines and sanitary landfills), public transportation, mobile robots, and wireless sensor networks.

2003 ◽  
Vol 02 (04) ◽  
pp. 497-505 ◽  
Author(s):  
VLADIMIR A. MANDELSHTAM

Harmonic inversion of Chebyshev correlation and cross-correlation functions by the filter diagonalization method (FDM) is one of the most efficient ways to accurately compute the complex spectra of low dimensional quantum molecular systems. This explains the growing popularity of the FDM in the past several years. Some of its most attractive features are the predictable convergence properties and the lack of adjusting parameters. These issues however are often misunderstood and mystified. We discuss the questions relevant to the optimal choices for the FDM parameters, such as the window size and the number of basis functions. We also demonstrate that the cross-correlation approach (using multiple initial states) is significantly more effective than the conventional autocorrelation approach (single initial state) for the common case of a non-uniform eigenvalue distribution.


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