Cyclostationary Processes And Time Series

✏Book Title : Cyclostationary Processes and Time Series
✏Author : Antonio Napolitano
✏Publisher : Academic Press
✏Release Date : 2019-10-24
✏Pages : 626
✏ISBN : 9780081027370
✏Available Language : English, Spanish, And French

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✏Cyclostationary Processes and Time Series Book Summary : Many processes in nature arise from the interaction of periodic phenomena with random phenomena. The results are processes that are not periodic, but whose statistical functions are periodic functions of time. These processes are called cyclostationary and are an appropriate mathematical model for signals encountered in many fields including communications, radar, sonar, telemetry, acoustics, mechanics, econometrics, astronomy, and biology. Cyclostationary Processes and Time Series: Theory, Applications, and Generalizations addresses these issues and includes the following key features. Presents the foundations and developments of the second- and higher-order theory of cyclostationary signals Performs signal analysis using both the classical stochastic process approach and the functional approach for time series Provides applications in signal detection and estimation, filtering, parameter estimation, source location, modulation format classification, and biological signal characterization Includes algorithms for cyclic spectral analysis along with Matlab/Octave code Provides generalizations of the classical cyclostationary model in order to account for relative motion between transmitter and receiver and describe irregular statistical cyclicity in the data

✏Book Title : Modern Spectrum Analysis of Time Series
✏Author : Prabhakar S. Naidu
✏Publisher : CRC Press
✏Release Date : 1995-10-25
✏Pages : 416
✏ISBN : 0849324645
✏Available Language : English, Spanish, And French

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✏Modern Spectrum Analysis of Time Series Book Summary : Spectrum analysis can be considered as a topic in statistics as well as a topic in digital signal processing (DSP). This book takes a middle course by emphasizing the time series models and their impact on spectrum analysis. The text begins with elements of probability theory and goes on to introduce the theory of stationary stochastic processes. The depth of coverage is extensive. Many topics of concern to spectral characterization of Gaussian and non-Gaussian time series, scalar and vector time series are covered. A section is devoted to the emerging areas of non-stationary and cyclostationary time series. The book is organized more as a textbook than a reference book. Each chapter includes many examples to illustrate the concepts described. Several exercises are included at the end of each chapter. The level is appropriate for graduate and research students.

✏Book Title : Cyclostationarity Theory and Methods II
✏Author : Fakher Chaari
✏Publisher : Springer
✏Release Date : 2015-04-15
✏Pages : 206
✏ISBN : 9783319163307
✏Available Language : English, Spanish, And French

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✏Cyclostationarity Theory and Methods II Book Summary : This book reports on the latest advances in the analysis of non-stationary signals, with special emphasis on cyclostationary systems. It includes cutting-edge contributions presented at the 7th Workshop on “Cyclostationary Systems and Their Applications,” which was held in Gródek nad Dunajcem, Poland, in February 2014. The book covers both the theoretical properties of cyclostationary models and processes, including estimation problems for systems exhibiting cyclostationary properties, and several applications of cyclostationary systems, including case studies on gears and bearings, and methods for implementing cyclostationary processes for damage assessment in condition-based maintenance operations. It addresses the needs of students, researchers and professionals in the broad fields of engineering, mathematics and physics, with a special focus on those studying or working with nonstationary and/or cyclostationary processes.

✏Book Title : The Digital Signal Processing Handbook
✏Author : VIJAY MADISETTI
✏Publisher : CRC Press
✏Release Date : 1997-12-29
✏Pages : 1776
✏ISBN : 0849385725
✏Available Language : English, Spanish, And French

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✏The Digital Signal Processing Handbook Book Summary : The field of digital signal processing (DSP) has spurred developments from basic theory of discrete-time signals and processing tools to diverse applications in telecommunications, speech and acoustics, radar, and video. This volume provides an accessible reference, offering theoretical and practical information to the audience of DSP users. This immense compilation outlines both introductory and specialized aspects of information-bearing signals in digital form, creating a resource relevant to the expanding needs of the engineering community. It also explores the use of computers and special-purpose digital hardware in extracting information or transforming signals in advantageous ways. Impacted areas presented include: Telecommunications Computer engineering Acoustics Seismic data analysis DSP software and hardware Image and video processing Remote sensing Multimedia applications Medical technology Radar and sonar applications This authoritative collaboration, written by the foremost researchers and practitioners in their fields, comprehensively presents the range of DSP: from theory to application, from algorithms to hardware.

✏Book Title : Time Frequency Signal Analysis and Processing
✏Author : Boualem Boashash
✏Publisher : Academic Press
✏Release Date : 2015-12-11
✏Pages : 1056
✏ISBN : 9780123985255
✏Available Language : English, Spanish, And French

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✏Time Frequency Signal Analysis and Processing Book Summary : Time-Frequency Signal Analysis and Processing (TFSAP) is a collection of theory, techniques and algorithms used for the analysis and processing of non-stationary signals, as found in a wide range of applications including telecommunications, radar, and biomedical engineering. This book gives the university researcher and R&D engineer insights into how to use TFSAP methods to develop and implement the engineering application systems they require. New to this edition: New sections on Efficient and Fast Algorithms; a "Getting Started" chapter enabling readers to start using the algorithms on simulated and real examples with the TFSAP toolbox, compare the results with the ones presented in the book and then insert the algorithms in their own applications and adapt them as needed. Two new chapters and twenty three new sections, including updated references. New topics including: efficient algorithms for optimal TFDs (with source code), the enhanced spectrogram, time-frequency modelling, more mathematical foundations, the relationships between QTFDs and Wavelet Transforms, new advanced applications such as cognitive radio, watermarking, noise reduction in the time-frequency domain, algorithms for Time-Frequency Image Processing, and Time-Frequency applications in neuroscience (new chapter). A comprehensive tutorial introduction to Time-Frequency Signal Analysis and Processing (TFSAP), accessible to anyone who has taken a first course in signals Key advances in theory, methodology and algorithms, are concisely presented by some of the leading authorities on the respective topics Applications written by leading researchers showing how to use TFSAP methods

✏Book Title : Digital Signal Processing Handbook on CD ROM
✏Author : VIJAY MADISETTI
✏Publisher : CRC Press
✏Release Date : 1999-02-26
✏Pages : 1760
✏ISBN : 9780849321351
✏Available Language : English, Spanish, And French

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✏Digital Signal Processing Handbook on CD ROM Book Summary : A best-seller in its print version, this comprehensive CD-ROM reference contains unique, fully searchable coverage of all major topics in digital signal processing (DSP), establishing an invaluable, time-saving resource for the engineering community. Its unique and broad scope includes contributions from all DSP specialties, including: telecommunications, computer engineering, acoustics, seismic data analysis, DSP software and hardware, image and video processing, remote sensing, multimedia applications, medical technology, radar and sonar applications

✏Book Title : Cyclostationarity in Communications and Signal Processing
✏Author : William A. Gardner
✏Publisher : IEEE
✏Release Date : 1994
✏Pages : 504
✏ISBN : UOM:39015033966113
✏Available Language : English, Spanish, And French

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✏Cyclostationarity in Communications and Signal Processing Book Summary : From this book, you will learn new concepts, methods, and algorithms for performing signal processing tasks and designing and analyzing communications systems.

✏Book Title : Cyclostationarity Theory and Methods
✏Author : Fakher Chaari
✏Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
✏Release Date : 2014-01-16
✏Pages : 186
✏ISBN : 9783319041872
✏Available Language : English, Spanish, And French

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✏Cyclostationarity Theory and Methods Book Summary : In the last decade the research in signal analysis was dominated by models that encompass nonstationarity as an important feature. This book presents the results of a workshop held in Grodek—Poland in February 2013 which was dedicated to the investigation of cyclostationary signals. Its main objective is to highlight the strong interactions between theory and applications of cyclostationary signals with the use of modern statistical tools. An important application of cyclostationary signals is the analysis of mechanical signals generated by a vibrating mechanism. Cyclostationary models are very important to perform basic operations on signals in both time and frequency domains. One of the fundamental problems in diagnosis of rotating machine is the identification of significant modulating frequencies that contribute to the cyclostationary nature of the signals. The book shows that there are modern tools available for analyzing cyclostationary signals without the assumption of gaussianity. Those methods are based on the ideas of bootstrap, subsampling and Fraction-of-time (FOT) models. The book is organised in two parts. The first part will be dedicated to pure theory on cyclostationarity. Applications are presented in the second part including several mechanical systems such as bearings, gears, with or without damages.

✏Book Title : Periodically Correlated Random Sequences
✏Author : Harry L. Hurd
✏Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
✏Release Date : 2007-11-09
✏Pages : 384
✏ISBN : 0470182822
✏Available Language : English, Spanish, And French

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✏Periodically Correlated Random Sequences Book Summary : Uniquely combining theory, application, and computing, this book explores the spectral approach to time series analysis The use of periodically correlated (or cyclostationary) processes has become increasingly popular in a range of research areas such as meteorology, climate, communications, economics, and machine diagnostics. Periodically Correlated Random Sequences presents the main ideas of these processes through the use of basic definitions along with motivating, insightful, and illustrative examples. Extensive coverage of key concepts is provided, including second-order theory, Hilbert spaces, Fourier theory, and the spectral theory of harmonizable sequences. The authors also provide a paradigm for nonparametric time series analysis including tests for the presence of PC structures. Features of the book include: An emphasis on the link between the spectral theory of unitary operators and the correlation structure of PC sequences A discussion of the issues relating to nonparametric time series analysis for PC sequences, including estimation of the mean, correlation, and spectrum A balanced blend of historical background with modern application-specific references to periodically correlated processes An accompanying Web site that features additional exercises as well as data sets and programs written in MATLAB® for performing time series analysis on data that may have a PC structure Periodically Correlated Random Sequences is an ideal text on time series analysis for graduate-level statistics and engineering students who have previous experience in second-order stochastic processes (Hilbert space), vector spaces, random processes, and probability. This book also serves as a valuable reference for research statisticians and practitioners in areas of probability and statistics such as time series analysis, stochastic processes, and prediction theory.

✏Book Title : Representation and Estimation of Cyclostationary Processes
✏Author : William A. Gardner
✏Publisher :
✏Release Date : 1972
✏Pages : 706
✏ISBN : UCSD:31822033418468
✏Available Language : English, Spanish, And French

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✏Representation and Estimation of Cyclostationary Processes Book Summary : Random signal processes which have been subjected to some form of repetitive operation such a sampling, scanning or multiplexing will usually exhibit statistical properties which vary periodically with time. Systems analysts have tended, for the most part, to treat these cyclostationary processes as though they were stationary. This is done simply by averaging the statistical parameters (mean, variance, etc.) over one cycle. The first chapter of the report features a detailed historical account of the development and application of cyclostationary processes. The second chapter is an extensive treatment of the topics of transformation, generation, and modelling of cyclostationary processes. The third chapter contains an in-depth treatment of series representations for cyclostationary processes, and their autocorrelation functions, and other periodic kernels. The fourth chapter addresses itself to the problem of least-mean-squared-error linear estimation (optimum filtering) of cyclostationary processes.

✏Book Title : Generalizations of Cyclostationary Signal Processing
✏Author : Antonio Napolitano
✏Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
✏Release Date : 2012-12-07
✏Pages : 504
✏ISBN : 9781118437919
✏Available Language : English, Spanish, And French

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✏Generalizations of Cyclostationary Signal Processing Book Summary : The relative motion between the transmitter and the receivermodifies the nonstationarity properties of the transmitted signal.In particular, the almost-cyclostationarity property exhibited byalmost all modulated signals adopted in communications, radar,sonar, and telemetry can be transformed into more general kinds ofnonstationarity. A proper statistical characterization of thereceived signal allows for the design of signal processingalgorithms for detection, estimation, and classification thatsignificantly outperform algorithms based on classical descriptionsof signals.Generalizations of Cyclostationary SignalProcessing addresses these issues and includes thefollowing key features: Presents the underlying theoretical framework, accompanied bydetails of their practical application, for the mathematical modelsof generalized almost-cyclostationary processes and spectrallycorrelated processes; two classes of signals finding growingimportance in areas such as mobile communications, radar andsonar. Explains second- and higher-order characterization ofnonstationary stochastic processes in time and frequencydomains. Discusses continuous- and discrete-time estimators ofstatistical functions of generalized almost-cyclostationaryprocesses and spectrally correlated processes. Provides analysis of mean-square consistency and asymptoticNormality of statistical function estimators. Offers extensive analysis of Doppler channels owing to therelative motion between transmitter and receiver and/or surroundingscatterers. Performs signal analysis using both the classicalstochastic-process approach and the functional approach, wherestatistical functions are built starting from a single function oftime.

✏Book Title : Proceedings of the IEEE Signal Processing Workshop on Higher Order Statistics June 14 16 1999 Caesarea Israel
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✏Publisher : IEEE
✏Release Date : 1999
✏Pages : 406
✏ISBN : 0769501400
✏Available Language : English, Spanish, And French

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✏Proceedings of the IEEE Signal Processing Workshop on Higher Order Statistics June 14 16 1999 Caesarea Israel Book Summary : Contains papers from a June 1999 workshop, covering theories, techniques, implementations, and applications of statistical signal processing, with particular emphasis on methods involving the use of higher order statistics (HOS). Papers represent the latest advances in areas of signal processing for communications, convolutive mixtures, HOS-based signal processing theory and methods, heavy-tailed models and processing, Bayesian methods of signal processing, non-stationary signal processing, and HOS-signal processing applications. Specific subjects include higher-order statistical models of visual images, cumulant matrix subspace algorithms for blind single FIR channel identification, and Bayesian wavelet denoising using Besov priors. Lacks a subject index. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.

✏Book Title : Cyclostationarity Theory and Methods IV
✏Author : Fakher Chaari
✏Publisher : Springer
✏Release Date : 2019-07-31
✏Pages : 225
✏ISBN : 9783030225292
✏Available Language : English, Spanish, And French

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✏Cyclostationarity Theory and Methods IV Book Summary : This book gathers contributions presented at the 10th Workshop on Cyclostationary Systems and Their Applications, held in Gródek nad Dunajcem, Poland in February 2017. It includes twelve interesting papers covering current topics related to both cyclostationary and general non stationary processes. Moreover, this book, which covers both theoretical and practical issues, offers a practice-oriented guide to the analysis of data sets with non-stationary behavior and a bridge between basic and applied research on nonstationary processes. It provides students, researchers and professionals with a timely guide on cyclostationary systems, nonstationary processes and relevant engineering applications.

✏Book Title : Spectral Correlation Characterization of Modulated Signals with Application to Signal Detection and Source Location
✏Author : Chihkang Chen
✏Publisher :
✏Release Date : 1989
✏Pages : 342
✏ISBN : UCAL:X39241
✏Available Language : English, Spanish, And French

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✏Spectral Correlation Characterization of Modulated Signals with Application to Signal Detection and Source Location Book Summary :

✏Book Title : Signal Processing for Cognitive Radios
✏Author : Sudharman K. Jayaweera
✏Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
✏Release Date : 2014-11-19
✏Pages : 768
✏ISBN : 9781118986769
✏Available Language : English, Spanish, And French

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✏Signal Processing for Cognitive Radios Book Summary : This book examines signal processing techniques for cognitive radios. The book is divided into three parts: Part I, is an introduction to cognitive radios and presents a history of the cognitive radio (CR), and introduce their architecture, functionalities, ideal aspects, hardware platforms, and state-of-the-art developments. Dr. Jayaweera also introduces the specific type of CR that has gained the most research attention in recent years: the CR for Dynamic Spectrum Access (DSA). Part II of the book, Theoretical Foundations, guides the reader from classical to modern theories on statistical signal processing and inference. The author addresses detection and estimation theory, power spectrum estimation, classification, adaptive algorithms (machine learning), and inference and decision processes. Applications to the signal processing, inference and learning problems encountered in cognitive radios are interspersed throughout with concrete and accessible examples. Part III of the book, Signal Processing in Radios, identifies the key signal processing, inference, and learning tasks to be performed by wideband autonomous cognitive radios. The author provides signal processing solutions to each task by relating the tasks to materials covered in Part II. Specialized chapters then discuss specific signal processing algorithms required for DSA and DSS cognitive radios.

✏Book Title : Government Reports Announcements
✏Author :
✏Publisher :
✏Release Date : 1973
✏Pages :
✏ISBN : MINN:31951T002425883
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✏Government Reports Announcements Book Summary :

✏Book Title : Rotorcraft Responses to Atmospheric Turbulence
✏Author : Paul Cornelius Antonius van Gool
✏Publisher : Coronet Books
✏Release Date : 1997
✏Pages : 306
✏ISBN : UOM:39015041248421
✏Available Language : English, Spanish, And French

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✏Rotorcraft Responses to Atmospheric Turbulence Book Summary :

✏Book Title : Government Reports Announcements Index
✏Author :
✏Publisher :
✏Release Date : 1976
✏Pages :
✏ISBN : CORNELL:31924055268514
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✏Book Title : Cyclostationarity Theory and Methods III
✏Author : Fakher Chaari
✏Publisher : Springer
✏Release Date : 2017-02-25
✏Pages : 257
✏ISBN : 9783319514451
✏Available Language : English, Spanish, And French

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✏Cyclostationarity Theory and Methods III Book Summary : This book gathers contributions presented at the 9th Workshop on Cyclostationary Systems and Their Applications, held in Gródek nad Dunajcem, Poland in February 2016. It includes both theory-oriented and practice-oriented chapters. The former focus on heavy-tailed time series and processes, PAR models, rational spectra for PARMA processes, covariance invariant analysis, change point problems, and subsampling for time series, as well as the fraction-of-time approach, GARMA models and weak dependence. In turn, the latter report on case studies of various mechanical systems, and on stochastic and statistical methods, especially in the context of damage detection. The book provides students, researchers and professionals with a timely guide to cyclostationary systems, nonstationary processes and relevant engineering applications.

✏Book Title : Spectral Correlation of Modulated Signals
✏Author : Zhigang Chen
✏Publisher :
✏Release Date : 1985
✏Pages : 128
✏ISBN : UCAL:X20578
✏Available Language : English, Spanish, And French

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✏Spectral Correlation of Modulated Signals Book Summary :

✏Book Title : Periodic Systems
✏Author : Sergio Bittanti
✏Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
✏Release Date : 2009
✏Pages : 424
✏ISBN : 9781848009103
✏Available Language : English, Spanish, And French

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✏Periodic Systems Book Summary : This book offers a comprehensive treatment of the theory of periodic systems, including the problems of filtering and control. It covers an array of topics, presenting an overview of the field and focusing on discrete-time signals and systems.

✏Book Title : Theory and Application of Higher order Cyclostationarity
✏Author : Chad Michael Spooner
✏Publisher :
✏Release Date : 1992
✏Pages : 382
✏ISBN : UCAL:X48320
✏Available Language : English, Spanish, And French

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✏Theory and Application of Higher order Cyclostationarity Book Summary :

✏Book Title : Southeastcon 94
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✏Release Date : 1994
✏Pages : 492
✏ISBN : 078031798X
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✏Southeastcon 94 Book Summary :

✏Book Title : Proceedings of the IEEE Signal Processing Workshop on Higher Order Statistics July 21 23 1997 Banff Alberta Canada
✏Author : IEEE Signal processing workshop on higher order statistics
✏Publisher : IEEE
✏Release Date : 1997
✏Pages : 471
✏ISBN : 0818680059
✏Available Language : English, Spanish, And French

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✏Proceedings of the IEEE Signal Processing Workshop on Higher Order Statistics July 21 23 1997 Banff Alberta Canada Book Summary : This text covering the 1997 IEEE Signal Processing Workshop on High-Order Statistics is designed for researchers, professors, practitioners, students and other computing professionals.

✏Book Title : Proceedings of the IEEE Signal Processing Workshop on Higher Order Statistics July 21 23 1997 Banff Alberta Canada
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✏Release Date : 1997
✏Pages : 471
✏ISBN : 0818680067
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✏Proceedings of the IEEE Signal Processing Workshop on Higher Order Statistics July 21 23 1997 Banff Alberta Canada Book Summary :

✏Book Title : Higher order Statistical Signal Processing
✏Author : Boualem Boashash
✏Publisher :
✏Release Date : 1995
✏Pages : 531
✏ISBN : UCSD:31822021261516
✏Available Language : English, Spanish, And French

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✏Higher order Statistical Signal Processing Book Summary : Higher-Order Statistical Signal Processing brings together some most recent innovations in the field of higher-order statistical signal processing. It is structured to provide a comprehensive understanding of the fundamentals of the discipline, as well as a treatment of recent advances.

✏Book Title : The Transactions of the Institute of Electronics Information and Communication Engineers
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✏Release Date : 1990-12
✏Pages :
✏ISBN : UVA:X001906847
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✏The Transactions of the Institute of Electronics Information and Communication Engineers Book Summary :

✏Book Title : Time Series Analysis
✏Author : Source Wikipedia
✏Publisher : University-Press.org
✏Release Date : 2013-09
✏Pages : 94
✏ISBN : 1230621784
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✏Time Series Analysis Book Summary : Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 92. Chapters: Fourier analysis, Autocorrelation, Linear prediction, Cepstrum, White noise, Anomaly time series, Empirical orthogonal functions, Window function, Least-squares spectral analysis, Moving average, Wiener filter, Heart rate variability, Vector autoregression, Heteroscedasticity, Autoregressive conditional heteroskedasticity, Recursive least squares filter, Independent component analysis, Trend estimation, Partial correlation, Forecasting, Autoregressive moving average model, Unit root, Box-Jenkins, Singular spectrum analysis, SigSpec, Growth curve, Exponential smoothing, Seasonal variation, Arnaud Legoux Moving Average, Durbin-Watson statistic, Detrended fluctuation analysis, Dickey-Fuller test, Self-similar process, Correlogram, Gompertz function, Frequency domain, Economic data, Granger causality, Long-range dependency, Augmented Dickey-Fuller test, Cyclostationary process, CARIACO Ocean Time Series Program, Correlation function, Cointegration, Kernel, Trend stationary, Phase dispersion minimization, Wold's theorem, Stochastic drift, Hodrick-Prescott filter, Tracking signal, General matrix notation of a VAR(p), Stationary subspace analysis, Seasonality, Political forecasting, Threshold model, Statistical signal processing, Chow test, Mixed data sampling, Discrete time, Partial autocorrelation function, Seasonal adjustment, Time reversibility, Secular variation, Bispectrum, BV4.1, Berlin procedure, Mean absolute scaled error, Autocovariance, Bayesian VAR, Trend analysis, Structural break, Decomposition of time series, Ljung-Box test, Johansen test, Seasonal subseries plot, Cochrane-Orcutt estimation, Spectral density estimation, Mean absolute error, Spike-triggered covariance, Random modulation, Trispectrum, Portmanteau test, Real aggregated percentage error, Coherence, Order of integration, KPSS test, ..

✏Book Title : IEEE Proceedings of the Southeastcon
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✏Release Date : 1994
✏Pages :
✏ISBN : UIUC:30112007972836
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✏IEEE Proceedings of the Southeastcon Book Summary :

✏Book Title : On the Theory of Cyclostationary Signals
✏Author : William Alexander Brown
✏Publisher :
✏Release Date : 1987
✏Pages : 810
✏ISBN : UCAL:X33144
✏Available Language : English, Spanish, And French

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✏On the Theory of Cyclostationary Signals Book Summary :