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Old 03-09-2014, 11:04 AM
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Amaranthus (Barry)
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Noise = variance (in this context!), signal = mean rate of photons

I say in this context because in the work I do, we separate process error (inherent variation stemming from stochasticity of dynamic systems) from observation/measurement error - the former is scientifically interesting, the latter is an annoyance that we seek to minimize,
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