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What is meant by optimal estimator and how to determine optimality?
Considering an estimation problem of estimating a scalar deterministic parameter $a$ from the observations $y$ which are corrupted by randomvariable $w$. The observations are $y[n] = a + w[n]$
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Beginner level : Help in understanding from paper how the log-likelihood term has been obtained
Based on document : Practical Approaches to Principal Component Analysis in the
Presence of Missing Values
The document explains probabilistic approach to principal component analysis using Maximum A …
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How to apply least-squares estimation for sparse coefficient estimation?
The model is expressed as follows
$$y(n) = \sum_{i=0}^{p-1} r(i) x(n-i) + v(n) \tag{1}$$
where
$\mathbf{r} = \begin{bmatrix} r_1 & r_2 & \ldots &r_p \end{bmatrix}^T$ is the sparse length-$p$ vector c …
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Help in understanding if the maximum likelhood estimation is working properly
I am learning estimation theory and need help in understanding for educational purpose how the concept of ML works with the help of a step by step implementation. I am trying to find out the ML estim …
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Notation confusion -- What is the correct operator for computation of the log-likelihood exp...
This question is an extension of another question of mine asked earlier here Help in understanding if the maximum likelhood estimation is working properly
In that question the inputs were real valued …
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Is the calculation of variance correct from an estimator -- confusion regarding complex numb...
I have an expression for the varaince of measurement noise obtained from an estimator. The measurement noise is additive white gaussian having values in complex domain. I have squared the term $(.)^2$ …
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Spreading sequence and equalization based on a paper
I am having difficulty in understanding how the Authors in this paper, An EM based method for semi blind identification of linear systems driven by Chaotic signals
have used the expressions derived f …
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How to Implement and Minimize Maximum Likelihood Expression in MATLAB
I need to check if the estimation algorithm has converged or not. I am using the Maximum Likelihood estimation method. For convergence check, we see if the log-likelihood has reached its maximum value …