The Optimal Power Law for the Detection of a Gaussian Burst in a Background of Gaussian Noise

IEEE Transactions on Information Theory

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1991, Pages 209-214

  Fawcett, John A ^a   Maranda, Brian H ^a  

^a DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Detection; Gaussian noise; impulse noise; power law; square law

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS, UNDERWATER; NOISE, ACOUSTIC;

GAUSSIAN BURSTS; GAUSSIAN NOISE;

SIGNAL DETECTION;

EID: 0025945956     PISSN: 00189448     EISSN: 15579654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/18.61143     Document Type: Article

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