A STUDY OF OCEAN WAVE AMPLITUDES IN TERMS OF THE THEORY OF RUNS AND A MARKOV CHAIN PROCESS.

Abstract

The dependency of the successive amplitudes of pressure records of ocean waves is studied by means of the theory of runs, and the theory of a Markov chain process. The runs test indicates that the dependency of the amplitudes is lost at the third half cycle for most of the records studied. The Markov chain process shows that the dependency of the amplitudes is weak after three half cycles and is lost completely after eight half cycles for the records studied. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1962
Accession Number
AD0467695

Entities

People

  • M. D. Sawhney

Organizations

  • New York University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amplitude
  • Markov Chains
  • Ocean Waves
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

Readers

  • Marine Hydrodynamics
  • Mathematics or Statistics
  • Statistical inference.