Statistical Theory of Signal Detection: International Series of Monographs in Electronics and Instrumentation (International series of monographs in electronics and instrumentation, v. 9)

Statistical Theory of Signal Detection contents signals and filters, noise, hypothesis testing, detection of a known signal, detection of signals of unknown phase, digital communications, detection by multiple observations, the estimation of signal parameters, detection of signals with unknown parameters, signal resolution, stochastic signals Content: Some other titles of interest , Page ii Front Matter , Page iii Copyright , Page iv Dedication , Page v PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION , Pages xi-xii FROM THE PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION , Page xiii I - SIGNALS AND FILTERS , Pages 1-29 II - NOISE , Pages 30-75 III - HYPOTHESIS TESTING , Pages 76-101 IV - DETECTION OF A KNOWN SIGNAL , Pages 102-147 V - DETECTION OF SIGNALS OF UNKNOWN PHASE , Pages 148-182 VI - DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS , Pages 183-208 VII - DETECTION BY MULTIPLE OBSERVATIONS , Pages 209-248 VIII - THE ESTIMATION OF SIGNAL PARAMETERS , Pages 249-289 IX - DETECTION OF SIGNALS WITH UNKNOWN PARAMETERS , Pages 290-336 X - SIGNAL RESOLUTION , Pages 337-374 XI - STOCHASTIC SIGNALS , Pages 375-416 APPENDIX A - INTEGRAL TRANSFORMS , Pages 417-424 APPENDIX B - CHARACTERISTIC FUNCTIONS , Pages 425-430 APPENDIX C - THE COVARIANCES OF FOURIER COEFFICIENTS OF A RANDOM PROCESS , Page 431 APPENDIX D - THE CIRCULAR GAUSSIAN DENSITY FUNCTION , Pages 432-435 APPENDIX E - SOLUTION OF AN INTEGRAL EQUATION , Pages 436-448 APPENDIX F - THE Q -FUNCTION , Pages 449-453 APPENDIX G - ERROR PROBABILITY FOR A CHANNEL WITH TWO NON-ORTHOGONAL SIGNALS OF RANDOM PHASES , Pages 454-456 AUTHOR INDEX , Pages 457-460 SUBJECT INDEX , Pages 461-467 OTHER TITLES IN THE SERIES IN ELECTRONICS AND INSTRUMENTATION , Pages 469-470 By Carl W. Helstrom. Includes Bibliographies.