A Nonmathematical Explanation of Adaptive Beamforming.

Abstract

Optimum array processing, adaptive processing, and adaptive beamforming are terms which have been mentioned in the sonar literature with increasing frequency over the past decade. Are these three terms synonymous. The equations which describe the behavior of this type of signal processing can be long and involved. Stripped of the mathematical details, what are the underlying principles of optimum array processing, adaptive processing and adaptive beamforming? This paper presents answers to these questions without matrix algebra. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1972
Accession Number
ADA066859

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  • Burwell Goode

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Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • False Alarms
  • Frequency
  • Hydrophones
  • Numbers
  • Power Spectra
  • Probability
  • Probability Density Functions
  • Random Variables
  • Signal Processing
  • Statistical Decision Theory
  • Statistical Distributions
  • Statistics
  • Stochastic Processes
  • Warning Systems

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  • Engineering

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