Gas identification with tin oxide sensor array and self-organizing maps: adaptive correction of sensor drifts

Low-cost tin oxide gas sensors are inherently nonspecific. In addition, they have several undesirable characteristics such as slow response, nonlinearities, and long-term drifts. This paper shows that the combination of a gas-sensor array together with self-organizing maps (SOM's) permit succes...

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Authors: Marco Colás, Santiago, Ortega Mansilla, Arturo, Pardo Martínez, Antonio, Samitier i Martí, Josep
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:1998
Country:España
Institution:Universidad de Barcelona
Repository:Dipòsit Digital de la UB
OAI Identifier:oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/8684
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/8684
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Control de la contaminació
Detectors de gasos
Gas detectors
Pollution control industry
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Summary:Low-cost tin oxide gas sensors are inherently nonspecific. In addition, they have several undesirable characteristics such as slow response, nonlinearities, and long-term drifts. This paper shows that the combination of a gas-sensor array together with self-organizing maps (SOM's) permit success in gas classification problems. The system is able to determine the gas present in an atmosphere with error rates lower than 3%. Correction of the sensor's drift with an adaptive SOM has also been investigated