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
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