Computational algorithms for discrete detection and likelihood ratio computation

  • Authors:
  • J. Robert McLendon;Andrew P. Sage

  • Affiliations:
  • -;-

  • Venue:
  • Information Sciences: an International Journal
  • Year:
  • 1970

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Abstract

A pseudo Bayes approach to likelihood ratio determination for discrete time random processes imbedded in Gaussian noise is presented. The resulting computationally feasible algorithm for the likelihood ratio is expressed as a function of the one-step prediction conditional mean estimate of the message, suggesting an estimator-correlator type structure for the optimum digital detector. The use of smoothed or iterated conditional mean estimates in the pseudo Bayes detection scheme is also considered. The likelihood ratio formulas for continuous random signals in Gaussian noise are derived from the discrete results as a limiting case. Examples indicate the efficacy of the method.