Error Correction Codes for Testing Chemical/Biological Agents: Using Pooled Testing to Increase Test Reliability

• Published in: Conference record - Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, & Computers pp. 960 - 964
• Main Authors: Yi, Jirong, Cho, Myung, Gao, Jingchao, Wu, Xiaodong, Xu, Weiyu, Mudumbai, Raghu
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 29.10.2023
• Subjects: Biological weapons; Chemicals; Computer errors; error correction code; Error correction codes; non-negative signal; pooled testing; Reliability theory; ro-bust testing; test reliability; Testing

In this paper, we propose a novel method of error correction code that increases the reliability of testing for chemical or biological agents, as well as general substances, through pooled testing. When gross errors, or outliers, occur in testing results, instead of conducting multiple tests on each...