Minimum Mean-Squared-Error Estimation in Nonlinear Problems with Gaussian Inputs.

Abstract

In this report, general theorems for estimation of nonlinear functions of Gaussian random processes are developed. Based on these general theorems, minimum mean-squared-error nonlinear estimators for the time average autocorrelation function and the time average power spectral density function of a sample function of a random process are formulated. Examples and performance curves are given for both stationary and nonstationary processes. Additional nonlinear estimators are analyzed, with emphasis on nonergodic situations such as those that occur when an observation interval is finite, and these estimators are shown to be capable of outperforming the minimum mean-squared-error estimator on a single trial basis.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1976
Accession Number
ADA021731

Entities

People

  • K. A. Olsen

Organizations

  • General Electric

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Autocorrelation
  • Data Science
  • Estimators
  • Information Science
  • Intervals
  • Mathematics
  • Observation
  • Stationary
  • Statistical Algorithms
  • Statistical Analysis

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

Readers

  • Adaptive Control and Estimation with Uncertainty in Dynamic Systems.
  • Statistical inference.