Introduction (chapter objectives) Power spectral density Matched filters Recall former Chapter that random signals are used to convey information. Noise is also described in terms of statistics. Thus, knowledge of random signals and noise is fundamental to an understanding of communication systems
ynamic order statistics OS-SELECT(i, S): returns the i th smallest element in the dynamic set S. OS-RANK(, S): returns the rank ofx E S in the sorted order of s s elements IDEA: Use a red-black tree for the set S, but keep subtree sizes in the nodes
Ch. 11 Panel Data model Data sets that combine time series and cross sections are common in econo- metrics. For example, the published statistics of the OECD contain numerous series of economic aggregate observed yearly for many countries. The PSID is a studies of roughly 6000 families and 15000 individuals who has been interviews periodically from 1968 to the present
