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The effects of leakage can be suppressed or reduced with the application of special
functions called “Windows.” As many as 58 window functions have been developed
with various optimizations in mind. In practice, most engineers will apply a Hanning or
Hamming window; however, it is not recommended that only one window be used for
all applications, but rather that several windows should be tried for the best results in the
particular situation.

16.5 REFERENCES

1. Bendat, J., and Piersol, A. Randon Data Analysis and Measurement Procedures , 2nd

Edition, Wiley, pp. 393-400.

2. Gabel, R., and Roberts, R. Signals and Linear Systems , pp. 253-370.

3. Flannery, B., Tenkolsky, S., and Veterling, W. Numerical Recipes: The Art of Scientific

Computing . Wesley Press, pp. 381-429.

4. Van Valkenburg, M. E. Network Analysis , pp. 452-495.

16.6 SUGGESTED READING

1. Bergland, G. D. “A Guided Tour of the Fast Fourier Transform,” IEEE Spectrum,

pp. 41-52, July 1969.

2. Harris, F. “The use of Windows for Harmonic Analysis with DFT,” Proceedings of

IEEE, Vol. 6, No. 1, January 1978.

3. Geckinki, N., and Yanuz, D. IEEE Transactions on Acoustics Speech and Signal

Processing . Vol. 26, No. 6, December 1978.

4. Nudall, A. “Some Windows With Very Good Sidelobe Behavior,” IEEE Transac-

tions on Acoustics Speech and Signal Processing, Vol. 29, No. 1, February 1981.