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Time-resolved luminescence of perturbed biosystems: Stochastic models and perturbation measures

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Measures of biosystem perturbation using a cybernetic approach based on stochastic models of photon emission processes are presented, and compared with classical measures. Perturbation phenomena reflected in non-stationary emission processes are represented by means of filtering theory.

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Kochel, B. Time-resolved luminescence of perturbed biosystems: Stochastic models and perturbation measures. Experientia 48, 1059–1069 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01947993

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