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Probability, Statistical Optics, and Data Testing: A Problem Solving Approach

By Professor B. Roy Frieden (auth.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year
2001
ISBN
978-3-540-41708-8, 978-3-642-56699-8
DOI
10.1007/978-3-642-56699-8
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
13 MB (13767530 bytes)
Series
Springer Series in Information Sciences 10
Edition
3
Pages
494\507
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2013-08-01 04:00:00
Chemistry and Earth SciencesComputer ScienceDynamical Systems and Complexity;Statistics for EnPhysicsStatistical Physics

Description

Scientists in optics are increasingly confronted with problems that are of a random nature and that require a working knowledge of probability and statistics for their solution. This textbook develops these subjects within the context of optics using a problem-solving approach. All methods are explicitly derived and can be traced back to three simple axioms given at the outset. Students with some previous exposure to Fourier optics or linear theory will find the material particularly absorbing and easy to understand. This third edition contains many new applications to optical and physical phenomena. This includes a method of estimating probability laws exactly, by regarding them as laws of physics to be determined using a new variational principle.

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