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Appendix A Statement of Task
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... · Discuss the potential for integrating such techniques into detection systems that would have sufficient sensitivity without an unacceptable false positive rate. In proposing possible detection protocols, give consideration to trade-offs between desirable system characteristics, including relative ease of implementation.
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