Proof of concept for DNA storage system with noise-guessing decoder
By: Daniel Hudač and Peter Farkaš
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jee-2026-0050 | Journal eISSN: 1339-309X (formerly 1335-3632) | Journal ISSN: 1335-3632
Language: English
Page range: 529 - 535
Submitted on: Aug 15, 2026
Published online: Oct 11, 2026
Published in print: Oct 1, 2026
Published by: Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava
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