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Electrical and Computer Engineering

18-752 – Estimation, Detection and Identification

12 units

Decision theory: Binary hypothesis testing, M-ary testing, Bayes, Neyman-Pearson, Min-Max. Performance. Probability of error, ROC. Estimation theory: linear and nonlinear estimation, parameter estimation. Bayes, MAP, maximum likelihood, Cramér-Rao bounds. Bias, efficiency, consistency. Asymptotic properties of estimators. Orthogonal decomposition of random processes and harmonic representation. Waveform detection and estimation. Wiener filtering and Kalman-Bucy filtering. Elements of identification. Recursive algorithms. Spectral estimation. Topics may vary.

4 hrs. lec.

Prerequisites: 18-751 and senior or graduate standing.

Last updated on March 21, 2007

ECE classifications

Graduate areas

Signal Processing and Communications

Undergraduate areas

Signals and Systems

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S09

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S08, S07, S06, S05, S04, S03, S02, S01, S00, S98, S97

Please note that the course history information is incomplete and/or may reflect different courses offered under the same course number.



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