• DocumentCode
    1393768
  • Title

    Approximate inversion of Marcum´s Q-function

  • Author

    Helstrom, C.W.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., California Univ., San Diego, La Jolla, CA
  • Volume
    34
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1998
  • fDate
    1/1/1998 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    317
  • Lastpage
    319
  • Abstract
    A simple method for inverting Marcum´s Q-function, based on the saddlepoint approximation, is presented, and its results are compared with exact solutions and with the results of the Gaussian approximation
  • Keywords
    approximation theory; probability; radar detection; Gaussian approximation; Marcum´s Q-function; approximate inversion; false alarm probability; saddlepoint approximation; Bandwidth; Calculators; Equations; Gaussian approximation; Gaussian processes; Noise level; Probability; Radiometry; Signal to noise ratio; Software algorithms;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Aerospace and Electronic Systems, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9251
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/7.640289
  • Filename
    640289
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1393768