Approximate Evaluation of Detection Probabilities in Radar and Optical Communications

IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems

Volumn AES-14, Issue 4, 1978, Pages 630-640

  Helstrom, Carl W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION THEORY - SIGNAL DETECTION; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

RADAR;

EID: 0017996331     PISSN: 00189251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAES.1978.308688     Document Type: Article

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