Gé rard Blanchet is Professor at Ecole Nationale Supé rieure des Té lé communications, Paris, France. In addition to his research, teaching and consulting activities, he is the author of several books on automatic control systems, digital signal processing and computer architecture. He also develops tools and methodologies to improve knowledge acquisition in various fields. Maurice Charbit, Professor at Ecole Nationale Supé rieure des Té lé communications, Paris, France, teaches several courses in signal processing and digital communications. His research interests include statistics, speech and image processing.