DocumentCode
1015928
Title
Calculating the K-distribution by saddlepoint integration
Author
Gordon, S.D. ; Ritcey, J.A.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Washington Univ., Seattle, WA, USA
Volume
142
Issue
4
fYear
1995
fDate
8/1/1995 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
162
Lastpage
166
Abstract
An important probability distribution for modelling non-Gaussian phenomenon is the K-distribution. Because of its widespread use in radar and underwater acoustics, a method for calculating the distribution is required which is both easy and efficient. The paper presents a method for calculating the K-distribution, in particular the K-Bessel function, using saddlepoint integration. The paper provides a detailed truncation-error analysis of the technique, and an implementation in MATLAB
Keywords
Bessel functions; error analysis; integration; probability; radar signal processing; sonar; sonar signal processing; statistical analysis; K-Bessel function; K-distribution; MATLAB; nonGaussian phenomena; probability distribution; radar; saddlepoint integration; truncation-error analysis; underwater acoustics;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Radar, Sonar and Navigation, IEE Proceedings -
Publisher
iet
ISSN
1350-2395
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/ip-rsn:19951904
Filename
407139
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