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Noise in Science and Technology vs. Biological System

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Noise plays an important role in science, engineering as well as in biological systems. The destructive role of noise has been extensively discussed in communication systems. The discovery of the phenomena called stochastic resonance clearly indicates the constructive role of noise for the nonlinear systems and hence in case of biological systems. Here in this chapter we discuss the important role of noise in cellular communication and sensory biology. Finally brief discussion is initiated on the concept of randomness and noise in science and engineering.

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  1. Dipartimento di Ingegneria e Scienze dell’Informazione e Matematica, Università degli Studi dell’Aquila, L’Aquila, Italy

    Sarangam Majumdar

  2. IISC Campus, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

    Sisir Roy

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Majumdar, S., Roy, S. (2020). Noise in Science and Technology vs. Biological System. In: Microbial Communication. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-7417-7_15

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