TY - BOOK AU - McDonnell,Mark D. AU - Stocks,Nigel G. AU - Pearce,Charles E.M. AU - Abbott,Derek TI - Stochastic resonance: from suprathreshold stochastic resonance to stochastic signal quantization SN - 9780521882620 U1 - 519.23 23 PY - 2008/// CY - Cambridge PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Stochastic processes KW - Signal processing KW - Mathematical physics N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1. Introduction and motivation -- 2. Stochastic resonance: its definitions, history and debates -- 3. Stochastic quantization -- 4. Suprathreshold stochastic resonance: encoding -- 5. Suprathreshold stochastic resonance: large N encoding -- 6. Suprathreshold stochastic resonance: decoding -- 7. Suprathreshold stochastic resonance: large N decoding -- 8. Optimal stochastic quantization -- 9. SSR, neural coding, and performance tradeoffs -- 10. Stochastic resonance in the auditory system -- 11. The future of stochastic resonance and suprathreshold stochastic resonance -- Appendix 1 Suprathreshold stochastic resonance -- Appendix 2 Large N suprathreshold stochastic resonance -- Appendix 3 Suprathreshold stochastic resonance decoding -- References -- List of abbreviations -- Index -- Biographies N2 - Applications incorporating aspects of stochastic resonance may yet prove revolutionary in fields such as distributed sensor networks, nano-electronics, and biomedical prosthetics. This book addresses in detail various theoretical aspects of stochastic quantization, in the context of the suprathreshold stochastic resonance effect ER -