Measurements of parameters influencing the optimal noise level in stochastic systems

Noise-added systems exhibit interesting features inmany application fields. In particular, the Stochastic Resonance(SR) phenomenon has been introduced as an innovative approachto understand the behavior and to improve the performance of severalclasses of systems.In this paper, a new procedure to determine the parameters thatinfluence the optimal level of the noise assuring suitable performancesis proposed. The method has been implemented by using avirtual instrument. It enables the determination of the parametersto be carried out via the collection of a very small number of measurements.Both virtual and analog tools, allowing the noise level control,are proposed and a case study is reported.