Padé approximations to rician statistical functions

IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1421-1428

  Drumheller, David M ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERISTIC FUNCTION (CF); INVERSE HANKEL TRANSFORMS; NON-FLUCTUATING POINT TARGETS; PADE APPROXIMATION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS (ROC); RICIAN STATISTICAL FUNCTIONS;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; RADAR CLUTTER; RADAR RECEIVERS; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL FILTERING AND PREDICTION; STATISTICAL METHODS;

RADAR TRACKING;

EID: 0033325620     PISSN: 00189251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/7.805458     Document Type: Article

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