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
Link To Document :
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