• DocumentCode
    921947
  • Title

    Statistics making the optimum estimate linear

  • Author

    Bolgiano, L.P., Jr.

  • Volume
    60
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    1972
  • fDate
    4/1/1972 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    449
  • Lastpage
    449
  • Abstract
    It is shown that for counts scattered about a true signal value in accord with the Poisson probability distribution, the optimum linear signal estimate is identical to the optimum nonlinear estimate if the signal has a gamma probability density.
  • Keywords
    Cathodes; Estimation error; Gaussian noise; Nonlinear optics; Optical detectors; Optical noise; Probability distribution; Random variables; Statistical distributions; Statistics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Proceedings of the IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9219
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/PROC.1972.8656
  • Filename
    1450586