Noise in Physical Systems: Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Noise, Bad Nauheim, Fed. Rep. of Germany, March 13-16, 1978

Noise in physical systems - as a consequence of the corpuscular nature of matter - conveys information about microscopic mechanisms determining the macroscopic behavior of the system. Besides being a source of information, noise also represents a source of annoying disturbances which affect information transMission along a physical system. Therefore, noise analysis can promote our insight into the behavior of a physical system, as well as our knowledge of the natural constraints imposed upo...