Threshold effects in parameter estimation as phase transitions in statistical physics

2011 IEEE Information Theory Workshop, ITW 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 603-607

  Merhav, Neri ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS TIME; PHYSICAL SYSTEMS; STATISTICAL PHYSICS; THRESHOLD EFFECT; WAVE FORMS; WIDE-BAND;

INFORMATION THEORY; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PHYSICS;

PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

EID: 83655193002     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ITW.2011.6089567     Document Type: Conference Paper

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