Statistical Theory of Signal Detection
eBook - PDF

Statistical Theory of Signal Detection

International Series of Monographs in Electronics and Instrumentation

  1. 484 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Statistical Theory of Signal Detection

International Series of Monographs in Electronics and Instrumentation

About this book

Statistical Theory of Signal Detection, Second Edition provides an elementary introduction to the theory of statistical testing of hypotheses that is related to the detection of signals in radar and communications technology. This book presents a comprehensive survey of digital communication systems. Organized into 11 chapters, this edition begins with an overview of the theory of signal detection and the typical detection problem. This text then examines the goals of the detection system, which are defined through an analogy with the testing of statistical hypotheses. Other chapters consider the noise fluctuations in terms of probability distributions whereby the statistical information is used to design a receiver that attains the maximum rate of successful detections in a long series of trials. This book discusses as well the criteria of success and failure in statistical situations. The final chapter deals with the types of stochastic signals. This book is a valuable resource for mathematicians and engineers.

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Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Statistical Theory of Signal Detection
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Dedication
  6. PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION
  7. FROM THE PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION
  8. CHAPTER I. SIGNALS AND FILTERS
  9. CHAPTER II. NOISE
  10. CHAPTER III. HYPOTHESIS TESTING
  11. CHAPTER IV. DETECTION OF A KNOWN SIGNAL
  12. CHAPTER V. DETECTION OF SIGNALS OF UNKNOWN PHASE
  13. CHAPTER VI. DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS
  14. CHAPTER VII. DETECTION BY MULTIPLE OBSERVATIONS
  15. CHAPTER VIII. THE ESTIMATION OF SIGNAL PARAMETERS
  16. CHAPTER IX. DETECTION OF SIGNALS WITH UNKNOWN PARAMETERS
  17. CHAPTER X. SIGNAL RESOLUTION
  18. CHAPTER XI. STOCHASTIC SIGNALS
  19. APPENDIX A: INTEGRAL TRANSFORMS
  20. APPENDIX B: CHARACTERISTIC FUNCTIONS
  21. APPENDIX C: THE COVARIANCES OF FOURIER COEFFICIENTS OF A RANDOM PROCESS
  22. APPENDIX D: THE CIRCULAR GAUSSIAN DENSITY FUNCTION
  23. APPENDIX E: SOLUTION OF AN INTEGRAL EQUATION
  24. APPENDIX F: THE Q-FUNCTION
  25. APPENDIX G: ERROR PROBABILITY FOR A CHANNEL WITH TWO NON-ORTHOGONAL SIGNALS OF RANDOM PHASES
  26. AUTHOR INDEX
  27. SUBJECT INDEX
  28. OTHER TITLES IN THE SERIES IN ELECTRONICS AND INSTRIUMENTATION