A PSEUDO BAYES APPROACH TO DIGITAL DETECTION AND LIKELIHOOD RATIO COMPUTATION,

Abstract

The research investigates the generalized problem of detecting an arbitrary random process in the presence of additive Gaussian noise. The problem is considered in the discrete domain, and computationally feasible algorithms are derived for the likelihood ratio which optimally solves the problem. The likelihood ratio algorithm is expressed as a function of the one state prediction minimum variance estimate of the signal process, suggesting that the optimum digital detector involves implementation of an estimation algorithm prior to computation of the likelihood ratio. In order to realize algorithms which are applicable to the very general class of problems considered, certain judicious approximations are made. Justifications are given for all such approximations, and the statistical properties of the resulting algorithms are investigated. In addition, several example problems are presented to demonstrate the efficacy of the results. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 05, 1969
Accession Number
AD0703715

Entities

People

  • Andrew P. Sage
  • James R. Mclendon

Organizations

  • Southern Methodist University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Additives (Chemicals)
  • Algorithms
  • Computations
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Gaussian Noise
  • Mathematical Analysis
  • Mathematics
  • Noise

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Image Processing and Computer Vision.
  • Operations Research
  • Regression Analysis.