Signal Detection and Estimation
(3-0-0-3)
CMPE Degree: This course is Not Applicable for the CMPE degree.
EE Degree: This course is Not Applicable for the EE degree.
Lab Hours: 0 supervised lab hours and 0 unsupervised lab hours.
Technical Interest Group(s) / Course Type(s): Digital Signal Processing
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Prerequisites: ECE 6601
Catalog Description
Detection theory and estimation theory and their application tocommunications and statistical signal processing problems.
Textbook(s)
Notes for ClassCourse Outcomes
Not Applicable
Strategic Performance Indicators (SPIs)
Not Applicable
Topical Outline
Review of Stochastic Processes
Detection Theory
   Statistical Hypothesis Testing
   Hypothesis testing in additive Gaussian noise
   Hypothesis testing in the presence of unknowns
   Sequential hypothesis testing
Discrete-time Detection Theory
   Detection of known signals, unknown signals, and random signals
   Non-Gaussian detection
   Robust detection
Continuous-time Detection Theory
   Matched filter receivers
   Detection over complicated channels
Estimation Theory
   Estimation Theory Terminology
   Parameter Estimation
      Principles of parameter estimation
      Maximum likelihood estimation
      MAP estimation
      Least squares estimation
      Maximum entropy estimation
      Model order selection
   Signal Parameter Estimation
      Maximum likelihood estimation
      Prony's method
      Performance bounds
   Linear Signal Waveform Estimation
   Robust Estimation
Current Topics in Detection and Estimation (Specific topics will vary)
   Importance Sampling
   Distributed Detection
   Expectation/Maximization Algorithm
   High-order Statistical Analysis