Using convex optimization for nonparametric statistical analysis of point processes

IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1476-1480

  Coleman, Todd P ^a   Sarma, Sridevi ^b  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POINT PROCESSES;

CYBERNETICS; INFORMATION THEORY; PROCESS MONITORING; SECURITY OF DATA; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS;

MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION;

EID: 51649105932     PISSN: 21578101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISIT.2007.4557135     Document Type: Conference Paper

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