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Estimation of time-varying velocity

Objective: Estimate the mechanical tension of a cable using the velocity of the waves travelling along it. Experimental setup: I have a cable in tension equipped with accelerometers. I measure a ...
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If $X(t)$ is a WSS process with mean 5, what is the mean of $X(2t)$? [closed]

I know mean is constant for a WSS process but I am still confused about the mean for this process. My process was by integrating $X(2t)$ from $0$ to $T$, then substituting $t′=2t$. So the limits ...
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Why is a random process strictly stationary when its joint Probability density function is time invariant?

I don't understand what stationarity of random process mean. I know they're statistical properties that are time invariant but I don't have intuition for it and I don't get what that has to do with ...
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finding the minimal time window size for statistical

I usually deal with signals where I have an initial transient and then the signal is oscillating (with noise) around a mean value. I need to compute where the signal is stationary and then the ...
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Condition for these sequences to be stationary correlated (tipp for integration of exponential functions)

I have two sequences $s$ and $r$ defined as : $s = \{s_n\}_{n \in \mathbb{Z}}$ where $s_n(t) = (M_{\beta}^n s)(t) = s(t) e^{int}$ with arbitrary $s \in L^2(\mathbb{R})$ and $\beta > 0$ $r = \{r_n\}...
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Limiting value of autocorrelation of wide-sense stationary process

Let random process $X$ is wide-sense stationary process. Where could I find the source or verification of the statement that, when the limiting value of autocorrelation $\lim_{\tau\rightarrow\infty}...
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White noise does not contradicts Wide Sense Stationarity?

I am studying White Noise. But I am really beginner level, so I have a confusion with its construction. White Noise is usually defined as a Wide Sense Stationary process $N=\{N_t\}_{t\in T}$ (for $T$ ...
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Why is Power spectral density of random walk noise defined despite it being non-stationary? [duplicate]

While reading up on oscillator stability, I noticed that authors characterize random walk noise (Brownian noise) as having a PSD of $S_y(f) = h_{-2} f^{-2} $ where $h_{-2}$ is some constant. This is ...
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How to filter out noise from non-stationary signal

I have this non-stationary signal. the mean is roughly constant but the second moment (autocorrelation) does not depend only on the time lag $tau$. Correct me if I am wrong in the above statement. ...
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When is the Correlation Coefficient Ergodic

Given Wide Sense Stationary (WSS) processes X and Y that are ergodic to the mean and autocovariance. Under what conditions is the correlation coefficient ergodic to the mean? ie: $lim_{T->\infty} \...
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How to find the output mean and autocorrelation of a non-linear system

I need help with this question. I am sure this is the right StackExchange forum for this type of question. Consider a nonlinear device such that the output is $Y(t) = aX^2(t)$, where the input X(t) ...
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Wiener filtering/deconvolution for non-stationary noise

Consider a stationary discrete-time random process $x[k]$ which undergoes low pass filtering by a filter with impulse response $h[k]$ and is subject to additive, temporally uncorrelated noise $n[k]$ ...
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Intuitive definition of ergodicity for random signal

Is it possible to define the ergodicity of the random signal in an intuitive sense without using any statistical reference?
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Understanding kurtogram parameters

I am about to understand a kurtogram, and don't understand what means the value of "K" (presented in table 1),or especially why takes values of 1.6 ; 2.6 ; 3.6 etc. Other question is how do ...
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Relationship between wide sense cyclostationary process and jointly wide sense stationary processes

https://faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu/gardner/wp-content/uploads/sites/146/2014/05/Cyclostationarity_Half_a_century_of_research.pdf According to the paper above (page 654~655), a CT wide sense ...
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Conceptual Questions on Colored Noise Process

I am having a tough time finding answers to some specific questions and finding references where there is information regarding Brownian noise or Red Noise. I'm referring to white and colored noises ...
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Separating/recovering base signal from two mixed signals, given phase information

I have collected two signals, $B_1(x)$ and $B_2(x)$. The signals start and end at the same $x$-values. Each signal $B_i(x)$ contains: a base signal $b(x)$, which is the same for both, and a signal, ...
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ARMA Filter Output Stationary and set up?

I have questions regarding ARMA Filters. Is the output of a ARMA Filter stationary or just wide sense stationary? I do know that you can obtain an ARMA filter by connecting an MA filter with an AR ...
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Stationarity, discrete-translation operator, and the power spectral density matrix

Let $\mathbf{T}$ be the translation operator/matrix in discrete-time domain which can be written as $\mathbf{T} = \mathbf{\Phi} \mathbf{P} \mathbf{\Phi}^*$ where $\mathbf{P} = \exp(-i Diag([w_0, w_1, \...
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Downsampling, shifting, high pass and low pass filter commutativity

strong textI have been reading "The Stationary Wavelet Transform and some Statistical Applications" by Nason and Silverman, and there is a claim in the their paper of which I cannot convince myself. ...
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Proving that this process is weakly-stationary [duplicate]

Let $X(t) = Acos(2\pi f_c t)$ be a random process where $A$ is a uniform random variable within $(-1,1)$. I'm trying to prove this is a weakly(i.e. wide sense) stationary process. I need to show two ...
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Cyclostationary signal intuition

Images show a discussion I picked up from a PhD thesis about a cyclostationary process and need help interpreting it. "In the time domain the upsampling process creates a signal whose distribution of ...
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Build an inverse model for a train of gaussian pulses

I have a stationary signal from a train of Gaussian pulses. My sampling window is too wide (cannot be reduced). In the example 1 ms. So it is not possible to clearly distinguish one pulse from another....
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How to create a synthetic time series where power spectral density estimation is achieves better results than a direct Fourier transform?

I am trying to create a synthetic time series where PSD estimation is necessary and useful to recover the correct spectral information of the time series. But so far I can only create a time series ...
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How to create a wide-sense stationary time series with a frequency of 40 Hz?

I want to create a time series in MATLAB which has a peak frequency of 40 Hz but is also a wide-sense stationary random process. I then want to use power spectral density estimation to recover the ...
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question related to something in karlin and taylor stochastic processes one text

This question is essentially a question about something in Karlin and Taylor's Stochastic Processes One text in the spectral chapter. Since this is a DSP list, Karlin and Taylor may not be so popular ...
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System memory, causality, stability

im new into systems and im supposed to solve if the system has memory, us causal, linear, stationery, BIBO stable...The problem is i have never had experience with this type of system where the actual ...
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Autocorrelation of a uniform random process

i am currently learning the basics of signal processing. As you may know the definition of the autocorrelation is different if you look at a random process or for example a deterministic signal My ...
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Questions about the stability (and stationarity) of a system and state space representations

i'm pretty new to the topic and I'm trying to understand how to determine the stability of a process. I'm giving this discrete-time stochastic system: $$ \cases{ s_t = 2s_{t-2} + 3w_{t-2} \\ y_t = ...
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Energy definition for Autocorrelation lag 0 and lag 1 for complex signals

I am studying the role of an auto-correlation matrix for random signals and the difference of energy between a lag 0 and lag 1 matrix. Consider a complex input signal $x(k)=[x1,x2]^T$ and $x(k-1)=[x0,...
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Any experiences for plotting a stationary wavelet transform?

I am experimenting with wavelets for my thesis and am currently working with the stationary WT pywavelets provides. There are very nice plots for CWTs, but does anyone know a technique for producing ...
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Proof of weak stationary random process autocovariance always goes to zero?

Professor told me that if a random process is weak stationary, and it does not feature any periodic component, then its autocovariance always goes to zero. I can intuitively understand it, however, ...
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Is a pulse of white noise still properly described as stationary?

I understand that a signal that is white noise is stationary (or more properly that the process generating it is stationary). What if the white noise is delivered as a single pulse or a series of ...
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Radio Signal Stationarity

A radio signal recording of a wireless communication system (e.g: Wi-Fi traffic) is beaconized, channelized and subject to noise. When working with such an RF signal, numerically transformed to a ...
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How to find a variance of sample sequence

I have a sequence such as $$r[n] = y[n]v[n]$$ $y[n]$ and $v[n]$ are zero-mean and statistically independent. I need to find a variance of $r[n]$ and show that it is white and equal to $\sigma ^2_y\...
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Converting a non-stationary random process into a WSS process by adding a random phase

Here is an example where this method has been implemented. We were trying to calculate the spectrum of a transmitted signal(Random signal/weighted pulse) The auto correlation function of the pulse ...
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Decimator effect on wide sense stationary input

I've seen that the output of a decimator when a WSS process is passed through remains WSS. I am not able to immediately see why this is. What is a good explanation of why the signal maintains ...
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Fourier-Analysis of Stationary Random Signals

Let's say we have discrete-time stationary random signals with Gaussian PDF of mean value 0 and variance 1, whose individual signal values are uncorrelated. For such a signal, how can we determine ...
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Conversion from stationarity to non-stationarity

Is there any way to convert a non-stationary signal to a stationary one, perform operations on it meant for a stationary signal and then convert it back to the non-stationary one?
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Why doesn't law of large numbers apply to this stationary time-series?

There's a paragraph in Wikipedia that states the following: Let Y be any scalar random variable, and define a time-series $\{X_t\}$, by $$X_{t}=Y\qquad {\text{ for all }}t$$ Then $\{X_t\}$ is a ...
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Why does it mean that the process/signal is not stationary when its variance varied with time? [closed]

Why does it mean that the process/signal is not stationary when its variance varied with time? that is, $VAR[X(t)]= \alpha \times t$,$t$ is time,and $\alpha$ is a constant,then $X(t)$ is not the WSS ...
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Identifying whether or not a cyclostationary signal is noisy or not using the cyclic autocorrelation

I am trying to determine whether or not a given signal has been corrupted by Gaussian noise, either bandlimited (with a filter) or not. The signal in question is a BPSK or PAM signal that is upsampled ...
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Autocorrelation of Addition of Two Independent Signals

Given a random signal $ Z \left( t \right) $ which is addition of two independent signals $ X \left( t \right) $ and $ Y \left( t \right) $ with constant parameters $ a $ and $ b $: $$ Z (t) = aX(t) + ...
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A wide sense stationary random process that is not second order stationary [duplicate]

I have been reading Peebles Probability, Random Variables, and Random Signal Principles and it claims that second-order stationarity is sufficient to guarantee: $E[X(t)]$ is a constant $R_{XX}(t1,t2) ...
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Doubt about wide sense stationary random process

I have white Gaussian noise $F[n]$ with zero mean and autocorrelation $R_F[n_1,n_2]=\delta[n_1-n_2]$. If now I consider the random process defined as $$X[n]=u[n]e^{-kn}F[n]$$ Is $X[n]$ a wide-ense ...
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What is the difference between Kalman filter algorithm and stationary Kalman filter algorithm?

I want to compute the stationary Kalman filter algorithm but I haven't found any information about that algorithm ( not even the pseudo code ) so, I wonder what is the difference between the Kalman ...
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Why is doing fft on a non-stationary signal a problem?

Why is it a problem to do frequency analysis on a non-stationary signal? what makes the frequency interpretation incorrect?
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Auto-covariance of the product of deterministic and wide-sense stationary signal

Anybody give me an advice how to find the auto-covariance of the product of deterministic and wide-sense stationary signal. I couldn't find how to solve this, I have looked and searched the internet, ...
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Stationary signal: time-domain vs frequency domain

If I understand correctly, a signal is stationary if: time domain: it's generated from the same distribution at each instant time. frequency domain: its frequency content does not change in time. ...
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If the mean of a random process is constant, does it imply the process is first order stationary?

If a random process is first order stationary, its mean is constant. However, if a random process has a constant mean say $3$ and an autocorrelation equal to $9 + 15e^{|-\tau|}$. The process is ...
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