Ebook: Signals, systems & inference

Key Benefit:For upper-level undergraduate courses in deterministic and stochastic signals and system engineering
An Integrative Approach to Signals, Systems and InferenceSignals, Systems and Inferenceis a comprehensive text that builds on introductory courses in time- and frequency-domain analysis of signals and systems, and in probability. Directed primarily to upper-level undergraduates and beginning graduate students in engineering and applied science branches, this new textbook pioneers a novel course of study. Instead of the usual leap from broad introductory subjects to highly specialized advanced subjects, this engaging and inclusive text creates a study track for a transitional course. Properties and representations of deterministic signals and systems are reviewed and elaborated on, including group delay and the structure and behavior of state-space models.

The text also introduces and interprets correlation functions and power spectral densities for describing and processing random signals. Application contexts include pulse amplitude modulation, observer-based feedback control, optimum linear filters for minimum mean-square-error estimation, and matched filtering for signal detection. Model-based approaches to inference are emphasized, in particular for state estimation, signal estimation, and signal detection. The text explores ideas, methods and tools common to numerous fields involving signals, systems and inference: signal processing, control, communication, time-series analysis, financial engineering, biomedicine, and many others.Signals, Systems, and Inferenceis a long-awaited and flexible text that can be used for a rigorous course in a broad range of engineering and applied science curricula.KEY TOPICS:Signals and Systems; Amplitude, Phase, and Group Delay; Pulse-Amplitude Modulation; State-Space Models; LTI State-Space Models; State Observers and State Feedback; Probabilistic Models; Estimation; Hypothesis Testing; Random Processes; Power Spectral Density; Signal Estimation; Signal DetectionMarketThis book is useful for anyone studying introductory engineering.