Graduate Course Descriptions

The following directory lists the graduate courses which the University expects to offer, although the University in no way guarantees that all such courses will be offered in any given academic year, and reserves the right to alter the list if conditions warrant. Click on the links below for a list of courses in that subject area. You may then click “View Classes” to see scheduled classes for individual courses.

6124. Advanced Signal Detection

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

Focus on discrete-time detection of signals in noise which is not necessarily Gaussian. Topics include: classical Neyman-Pearson and Bayes theory, efficacy and asymptotic relative efficiency; some canonical noise models; quantized detection; narrowband signal detection; distance measures and Chernoff bounds; sequential detection; robustness; non-parametric detection; continuous-time detection and the Karhunen-Loève expansion.

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