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probability of detection [2 records]

Record 1 2015-08-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Search and Rescue (Paramilitary)
DEF

The ... probability of finding clues (assuming that clues are available to be found), given the nature of the search and the type of resources employed, expressed as a percentage ... or decimal number ...

Key term(s)
  • detection probability

French

Domaine(s)
  • Recherche et sauvetage (Paramilitaire)
DEF

Probabilité] de trouver des indices (en supposant qu'il y en ait), compte tenu de la nature de l'intervention de R-S [recherche et sauvetage] ainsi que du genre des ressources utilisées, exprimée en pourcentage [...] ou en nombre décimal [...]

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-06-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radar, Radio Guidance and Goniometry
DEF

... the probability that the signal, when present, will be detected ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie
DEF

Probabilité que, dans un récepteur de radiodétection, la somme du signal et du bruit dépasse le seuil d'ébasage lorsqu'il y a réellement un signal utile.

OBS

probabilité de détection : terme normalisé par l'AFNOR.

Spanish

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