Table of Contents

The Stable Distribution; Symmetric Stable Random Processes; Covariation and Conditional Expectation; Parameter Estimates for Symmetric Stable Distributions; Estimation of Covariations; Parametric Models of Stable Processes; Linear Theory of Stable Processes; Symmetric Stable Models for Impulsive Noise; Signal Detection in Stable Noise; Current and Future Trends in Signal Processing with Alpha-Stable Distributions.

About the Author

CHRYSOSTOMOS L. NIKIAS is Professor of Electrical Engineering Systems and Director of the Center for Research on Applied Signal Processing at the University of Southern California. He is also a member of the California Council on Science and Technology.

MIN SHAO is currently a staff scientist at HNC Software, Inc. and formerly worked at the University of Southern California.