DocumentCode
946671
Title
The polarity-coincidence correlator: A nonparametric detection device
Author
Wolff, S.S. ; Thomas, Julian ; Williams, T.R.
Volume
8
Issue
1
fYear
1962
fDate
1/1/1962 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
5
Lastpage
9
Abstract
It is shown that the polarity-coincidence correlator (PCC), a two-input detection device, is nonparametric in its false-alarm rate with respect to a wide class of signal and noise distributions. Operating in fixed distributions, the probability of detection is a nondecreasing function of input SNR. Although the PCC performs less well than an ordinary correlator or a Neyman-Pearson detector for Gaussian inputs, it can be markedly superior to both.
Keywords
Correlators; Acoustic noise; Acoustic signal detection; Correlators; Detectors; Information theory; Integrated circuit modeling; Mathematical model; Probability distribution; Random processes; Senior members; Signal detection; Signal processing; Signal to noise ratio;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Information Theory, IRE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0096-1000
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TIT.1962.1057680
Filename
1057680
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