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learnvst
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Why so many methods of computing PSD?

Welch's method has been my go-to algorithm for computing power spectral density (PSD) of evenly-sampled timeseries. I noticed that there are many other methods for computing PSD. For example, in Matlab I see:

  • PSD using Burg method
  • PSD using covariance method
  • PSD using periodogram
  • PSD using modified covariance method
  • PSD using multitaper method (MTM)
  • PSD using Welch's method
  • PSD using Yule-Walker AR method
  • Spectrogram using short-time Fourier transform
  • Spectral estimation

What are the advantages of these various methods? As a practical question, when would I want to use something other than Welch's method?

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