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4. Theory

The SPL is related to the sound power level (SWL), the directivity Qq, of the j th source, the absorption of the room, the distance of the j th source from the receiver rj from j=1 to n in equation (1) given by McNulty[5] as:

where detailed terms are given in the paper. For a single source and receiver, equation (1) can be reduced to its familiar form as in (2) below: