One for the guru's: if you had to pick your top 3 most enlightening books on the subject what would they be? - based on the responses I intend to buy 3 of them and read from front to back before I ask any more damn stupid questions. I already have Digital Signal Processing by Oppenheim and Schafer but to be honest I find the maths a little intimidating right from the start which tends to knock me off course.
Top 3 DSP/SP books
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On Tue, 08 Sep 2009 10:06:13 -0700, davew wrote:> One for the guru's: > if you had to pick your top 3 most enlightening books on the subject > what would they be? > > - based on the responses I intend to buy 3 of them and read from front > to back before I ask any more damn stupid questions. > > I already have Digital Signal Processing by Oppenheim and Schafer but to > be honest I find the maths a little intimidating right from the start > which tends to knock me off course.O & S is pretty dense, and does require some unpacking. You may want to get "Signals and Systems" by Oppenheimer (again!) and various other folks (who the other folks are varies by the edition -- mine is Oppenheimer, Willsky, Young). Rick Lyons' book "Understanding Digital Signal Processing" is pretty good. I want math first and then an explanation of how practice flows from that and Rick takes the opposite tack so I don't think it's my favorite -- on the other hand it always seems to be close to the top of the pile when I go to grab a book. I don't know about a third -- most of my "advanced" knowledge comes from various communications and control systems efforts, either classes, projects or products. Book learning will only take you so far before you have to tamp it down with practical experience. -- www.wescottdesign.com
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On Tue, 8 Sep 2009 10:06:13 -0700 (PDT), davew <david.wooff@gmail.com> wrote:>One for the guru's: >if you had to pick your top 3 most enlightening books on the subject >what would they be? > >- based on the responses I intend to buy 3 of them and read from front >to back before I ask any more damn stupid questions. > >I already have Digital Signal Processing by Oppenheim and Schafer but >to be honest I find the maths a little intimidating right from the >start which tends to knock me off course.My selection would be (in order of reading): 1) Linear systems and signals B.P. Lathi 2) Statistical Digital Signal Processing and modeling Monson Hayes 3) Theory & Application of Digital Signal Processing Rabiner & Gold. -- Muzaffer Kal DSPIA INC. ASIC/FPGA Design Services http://www.dspia.com
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On 8 Sep, 19:06, davew <david.wo...@gmail.com> wrote:> One for the guru's: > if you had to pick your top 3 most enlightening books on the subject > what would they be? > > - based on the responses I intend to buy 3 of them and read from front > to back before I ask any more damn stupid questions. > > I already have Digital Signal Processing by Oppenheim and Schafer but > to be honest I find the maths a little intimidating right from the > start which tends to knock me off course.DSP is applied maths, so if you are put off by what you have already seen, you might want to reconsider your carreer choices. Rune
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On Sep 9, 5:06�am, davew <david.wo...@gmail.com> wrote:> One for the guru's: > if you had to pick your top 3 most enlightening books on the subject > what would they be? > > - based on the responses I intend to buy 3 of them and read from front > to back before I ask any more damn stupid questions. > > I already have Digital Signal Processing by Oppenheim and Schafer but > to be honest I find the maths a little intimidating right from the > start which tends to knock me off course.Adaptive Blind Signal and Image Processing by Cichocki and Amari. Good one for adaptive signal processing. Also Widrows book and Haykins Adaptive filter theory one.
Reply by ●September 8, 20092009-09-08
>On Sep 9, 5:06=A0am, davew <david.wo...@gmail.com> wrote: >> One for the guru's: >> if you had to pick your top 3 most enlightening books on the subject >> what would they be? >> >> - based on the responses I intend to buy 3 of them and read from front >> to back before I ask any more damn stupid questions. >> >> I already have Digital Signal Processing by Oppenheim and Schafer but >> to be honest I find the maths a little intimidating right from the >> start which tends to knock me off course. > >Adaptive Blind Signal and Image Processing by Cichocki and Amari. > >Good one for adaptive signal processing. Also Widrows book and Haykins >Adaptive filter theory one.You don't see many people recommending Haykin's book. Quite the opposite. :-) Widrow is OK. People highly recommend Ali Sayed's books. He has video lectures on line, but it seems his writing is a lot better than his presenting. :-\ Steve
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Tim Wescott <tim@seemywebsite.com> wrote in news:M5mdnTcJf5THCDvXnZ2dnUVZ_j1i4p2d@web-ster.com:> On Tue, 08 Sep 2009 10:06:13 -0700, davew wrote: > >> One for the guru's: >> if you had to pick your top 3 most enlightening books on the subject >> what would they be? >> >> - based on the responses I intend to buy 3 of them and read from front >> to back before I ask any more damn stupid questions. >> >> I already have Digital Signal Processing by Oppenheim and Schafer but to >> be honest I find the maths a little intimidating right from the start >> which tends to knock me off course. > > O & S is pretty dense, and does require some unpacking. > > You may want to get "Signals and Systems" by Oppenheimer (again!) and > various other folks (who the other folks are varies by the edition -- > mine is Oppenheimer, Willsky, Young). > > Rick Lyons' book "Understanding Digital Signal Processing" is pretty > good. I want math first and then an explanation of how practice flows > from that and Rick takes the opposite tack so I don't think it's my > favorite -- on the other hand it always seems to be close to the top of > the pile when I go to grab a book. > > I don't know about a third -- most of my "advanced" knowledge comes from > various communications and control systems efforts, either classes, > projects or products. Book learning will only take you so far before you > have to tamp it down with practical experience. >I would take the opposite approach from Tim, Start with Rick Lyons' book so that you understand the big picture a little better before tackling the math. O&S is popular but not my favorite. I probably learned more from Rabiner & Gold. I also like Proakis & Manolakis. Two favorites not mentioned are Digital Signal Processing in Communications Systems by Marvin Frerking and Multirate Signal Processing by Fred Harris, If you decide you like DSP, I would read Streamlining Digital Signal Processing. It's a collection of tricks, many of the contributors frequent this group. Al Clark Danville Signal Processing, Inc.
Reply by ●September 9, 20092009-09-09
On Sep 8, 9:03�pm, "steveu" <ste...@coppice.org> wrote:> >On Sep 9, 5:06=A0am, davew <david.wo...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> One for the guru's: > >> if you had to pick your top 3 most enlightening books on the subject > >> what would they be? > > >> - based on the responses I intend to buy 3 of them and read from front > >> to back before I ask any more damn stupid questions. > > >> I already have Digital Signal Processing by Oppenheim and Schafer but > >> to be honest I find the maths a little intimidating right from the > >> start which tends to knock me off course. > > >Adaptive Blind Signal and Image Processing by Cichocki and Amari. > > >Good one for adaptive signal processing. Also Widrows book and Haykins > >Adaptive filter theory one. > > You don't see many people recommending Haykin's book. Quite the opposite. > :-) Widrow is OK. People highly recommend Ali Sayed's books. He has video > lectures on line, but it seems his writing is a lot better than his > presenting. :-\ > > SteveI think Haykin's Adaptive Filter Theory is pretty good. Not that great as an introductory text, as the first couple chapters are a bit unclear, but once you get to the meat of the actual adaptive filter material, I think it does a good job. Extremely in-depth on some topics (like analysis of LMS convergence), but not too hard to follow at the same time. Jason
Reply by ●September 9, 20092009-09-09
On Sep 8, 10:26�pm, Al Clark <acl...@danvillesignal.com> wrote:> Tim Wescott <t...@seemywebsite.com> wrote innews:M5mdnTcJf5THCDvXnZ2dnUVZ_j1i4p2d@web-ster.com: > > > > > On Tue, 08 Sep 2009 10:06:13 -0700, davew wrote: > > >> One for the guru's: > >> if you had to pick your top 3 most enlightening books on the subject > >> what would they be? > > >> - based on the responses I intend to buy 3 of them and read from front > >> to back before I ask any more damn stupid questions. > > >> I already have Digital Signal Processing by Oppenheim and Schafer but to > >> be honest I find the maths a little intimidating right from the start > >> which tends to knock me off course. > > > O & S is pretty dense, and does require some unpacking. > > > You may want to get "Signals and Systems" by Oppenheimer (again!) and > > various other folks (who the other folks are varies by the edition -- > > mine is Oppenheimer, Willsky, Young). > > > Rick Lyons' book "Understanding Digital Signal Processing" is pretty > > good. �I want math first and then an explanation of how practice flows > > from that and Rick takes the opposite tack so I don't think it's my > > favorite -- on the other hand it always seems to be close to the top of > > the pile when I go to grab a book. > > > I don't know about a third -- most of my "advanced" knowledge comes from > > various communications and control systems efforts, either classes, > > projects or products. �Book learning will only take you so far before you > > have to tamp it down with practical experience. > > I would take the opposite approach from Tim, > > Start with Rick Lyons' book so that you understand the big picture a little > better before tackling the math. > > O&S is popular but not my favorite. I probably learned more from Rabiner & > Gold. I also like Proakis & Manolakis. > > Two favorites not mentioned are Digital Signal Processing in Communications > Systems by Marvin Frerking and Multirate Signal Processing by Fred Harris, > > If you decide you like DSP, I would read Streamlining Digital Signal > Processing. It's a collection of tricks, many of the contributors frequent > this group. > > Al Clark > Danville Signal Processing, Inc.Another classic multirate book: Multirate Digital Signal Processing by Crochiere and Rabiner. Jason
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davew wrote:> One for the guru's: > if you had to pick your top 3 most enlightening books on the subject > what would they be?http://www.dspguru.com/info/books/favor.htm I'd add "Digital Communications" by J. Proakis to the list. Vladimir Vassilevsky DSP and Mixed Signal Design Consultant http://www.abvolt.com
