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Differential-entropy identification of the resolution of the measurement transducers of navigation instruments

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A functional relation is established between the differential entropy and the resolution of a navigation instrument's measurement transducer on the basis of a mathematical model of the laws governing the secondary emission process that takes into account its probabilistic nature.

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Translated from Izmeritel'naya Tekhnika, No. 10, pp. 16–18, October, 1998.

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Baranov, V.V., Bazanov, Y.V. & Doroshchuk, R.A. Differential-entropy identification of the resolution of the measurement transducers of navigation instruments. Meas Tech 41, 902–905 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02503960

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