On Joint Prediction-Detection Systems,

Abstract

Several schemes are proposed for predicting future values of a random process when insufficient a priori information is available for minimum mean-squared error prediction. In the first scheme, it is assumed that the process is adequately modelled by one of M models. A system is constructed which comprises M predictors, each designed to be appropriate for a specific model, and a detector for deciding which predictor is to be used. A prediction inhibitor is incorporated in the detector for deciding which predictor is to be used. A prediction inhibitor is incorporated in the detector, so that no prediction need be made when the probability of an incorrect detector decision is high. The joint Bayesian optimization of the individual components is performed, and the system's structure and performance are discussed. The second scheme, appropriate when very little a priori information is available, presents linear minimax predictors for signals observed in white noise, given only a bound on the absolute value of their k-th derivatives. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1972
Accession Number
AD0748200

Entities

People

  • David William Kelsey

Organizations

  • University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Inhibitors
  • Noise
  • Optimization
  • White Noise

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Statistical inference.

Technology Areas

  • AI & ML
  • AI & ML - Bayesian Inference
  • AI & ML - Neural Networks