Computer Science – Information Theory
Scientific paper
2008-05-23
Computer Science
Information Theory
To be published on IEEE Transaction on Information Theory. Part of this work will be presented at the IEEE International Sympo
Scientific paper
The problem of detection and possible estimation of a signal generated by a dynamic system when a variable number of noisy measurements can be taken is here considered. Assuming a Markov evolution of the system (in particular, the pair signal-observation forms a hidden Markov model), a sequential procedure is proposed, wherein the detection part is a sequential probability ratio test (SPRT) and the estimation part relies upon a maximum-a-posteriori (MAP) criterion, gated by the detection stage (the parameter to be estimated is the trajectory of the state evolution of the system itself). A thorough analysis of the asymptotic behaviour of the test in this new scenario is given, and sufficient conditions for its asymptotic optimality are stated, i.e. for almost sure minimization of the stopping time and for (first-order) minimization of any moment of its distribution. An application to radar surveillance problems is also examined.
Grossi Emanuele
Lops Marco
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