ADAPTIVE BINARY DETECTORS

Abstract

A sequential binary detection problem is considered in which it is required to detect the presence of absence of a stochastic signal in each member of a sequence of observations perturbed by additive noise. The problem is formulated so that the decision rule for the (k1) observation depends on a memory function of the previous k observations. The resulting decision rule which minimizes the probability of making a detection error is complicated by the fact that it is not known which of the past observations actually contain the unknown signal. A timevarying linear predictor of the unknown signal is introduced as the memory function, and a binary detector with a variable structure depending on the linear predictor is discussed. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 29, 1961
Accession Number
AD0258861

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  • R.f. Daly

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DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Additives (Chemicals)
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Mathematics
  • Observation
  • Probability
  • Sequences

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