Tabla de Contenidos: “…Prerequisites -- I.3. Scope of the book -- I.4. Conventions for schematics and voltages -- I.5. …”

“…—David Joravsky, New York Review of Books."In the pages of this volume Edison the man, his work, and his times come alive . . . …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…9.9 Lehmann-SchefféTheorem -- 9.10 Bayes Estimation -- 9.11 Mean-Square-Error Estimation -- 9.12 Mean-Absolute-Error Estimation -- 9.13 Orthogonality Condition -- 9.14 Properties of Estimators -- 9.14.1 Unbiased -- 9.14.2 Consistent -- 9.14.3 Efficient -- 9.15 Maximum A Posteriori Estimation -- 9.16 Maximum Likelihood Estimation -- 9.17 Likelihood Ratio Test -- 9.18 Expectation-Maximization Algorithm -- 9.19 Method of Moments -- 9.20 Least-Squares Estimation -- 9.21 Properties of LS Estimators -- 9.21.1 Minimum ξWLS -- 9.21.2 Uniqueness -- 9.21.3 Orthogonality -- 9.21.4 Unbiased -- 9.21.5 Covariance Matrix -- 9.21.6 Efficient: Achieves CRLB -- 9.21.7 BLU Estimator -- 9.22 Best Linear Unbiased Estimation -- 9.23 Properties of BLU Estimators -- Problems -- Further Reading -- A Note on Part III of the Book -- APPENDICES Introduction to Appendices -- A Summaries of Univariate Parametric Distributions -- A.1 Notation -- A.2 Further Reading -- A.3 Continuous Random Variables -- A.3.1 Beta (Arcsine for α = β = 1/2, Power Function for β = 1) -- A.3.2 Cauchy -- A.3.3 Chi -- A.3.4 Chi-Square -- A.3.5 Exponential (Shifted by c) -- A.3.6 Extreme Value (Type I: Gumbel) -- A.3.7 F-Distribution -- A.3.8 Gamma (Erlang for r ∈ N with Γ (r ) = (r - 1)!) …”