Figure of merit
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A figure of merit is a quantity used to characterize the performance of a device, system or method, relative to its alternatives.[1][2]
Examples
- Clock rate of a CPU
- Calories per serving
- Contrast ratio of an LCD
- Frequency response of a speaker
- Fill factor of a solar cell
- Resolution of the image sensor in a digital camera
- Measure of the detection performance of a sonar system, defined as the propagation loss for which a 50% detection probability is achieved
- Noise figure of a radio receiver
- The thermoelectric figure of merit, zT, a material constant proportional to the efficiency of a thermoelectric couple made with the material
- The figure of merit of digital-to-analog converter, calculated as (power dissipation)/(2ENOB × effective bandwidth) [J/Hz]
- Luminous efficacy of lighting
- Profit of a company
- Residual noise remaining after compensation in an aeromagnetic survey
- Battery life of a laptop computer[3]
- Heat absorption and transfer quality for a solar cooker
- Audio amplifier figures of merit such as gain or efficiency
Benchmarks are synthetic figures of merit that summarize the speed of computers in performing various typical tasks.
See also
References
- ^ Olivieri, Alejandro C.; Escandar, Graciela M. (2014), "Analytical Figures of Merit", Practical Three-Way Calibration, Elsevier, pp. 93–107, doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-410408-2.00006-5, ISBN 978-0-12-410408-2, retrieved 2022-03-24
- ^ Allegrini, Franco; Olivieri, Alejandro C. (2020), "Figures of Merit", Comprehensive Chemometrics, Elsevier, pp. 441–463, doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-409547-2.14612-8, ISBN 978-0-444-64166-3, retrieved 2022-03-24
- ^ Decoding Battery Life For Laptops New York Times, June 25, 2009