• DocumentCode
    906077
  • Title

    On the theory of signal detectability: An optimum nonsequential observation-decision procedure

  • Author

    Birdsall, T.G. ; Roberts, R.A.

  • Volume
    11
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    1965
  • fDate
    4/1/1965 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    195
  • Lastpage
    204
  • Abstract
    Observation-decision procedures which associate a cost with observing are generally sequential in nature in order to reduce the observation length. Presented in this paper is the optimum nonsequential procedure in the sense of minimum expected loss for a terminal decision. The procedure is presented in generality and evaluated for normal observation statistics. Two numerical examples are presented for normal observation statistics.
  • Keywords
    Signal detection; Cost function; Filtering theory; Gaussian noise; Information filtering; Information filters; Information theory; Probability distribution; Signal detection; Signal to noise ratio; Statistics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Information Theory, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9448
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TIT.1965.1053740
  • Filename
    1053740